David Nimrod Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 Ok, I admit it, what I know about music theory could be written on the back of a stamp... My question is:- do these notes (in any order) constitute a scale, and if so, what is it? F, G#, C#, D#, A#, Many thanks ;-) Quote
Bilbo Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) It's a variation on a simple C sharp pentatonic starting on the F but missing out the A sharp until the second octave. Or a minor sixth arpeggio with an added 11th? It would read better as flats not sharps (i.e. D flat not C sharp) but I guess typing flats is harder! Edited November 26, 2007 by bilbo230763 Quote
Mikey D Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 It's a common Db or C# major pentatonic. Db(C#), Eb(D#), F, Ab(G#), Bb(A#) 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 Quote
chris_b Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 Penta what? Just looks like a simple G#major scale to me: G# A# C C# D# F G G#. Quote
Bilbo Posted November 26, 2007 Posted November 26, 2007 A flat - it makes more sense as an A flat major scale than G sharp. Simply put, if you think all seven note (octave) scales should have an A B C D E F G. A G sharp scale reads G sharp, A Sharp, C, C sharp, D sharp, E shap G, G sharp. So it has 2 cs and 2 Gs and would be a nightmare to read using conventional staff notation. If you make it A flat you have and A flat, B flat, C, D flat, E flat, F, G A flat. Much better in my head and on paper! Make sense? So, its a D flat pentatonic (penta = five notes including the root (tonic), hence D flat, E flat, F (major 3rd so its a major pentatonic), A flat, B flat. 5 notes = pentatonic). In fact, most pentatonics work against more than one major scale and a D flat pentatonic is equally useful against both a D flat (C sharp) scale, a G flat (F sharp) scale and an A flat (G sharp) major scale. So we are all right!! Quote
David Nimrod Posted November 26, 2007 Author Posted November 26, 2007 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='94622' date='Nov 26 2007, 04:38 PM']So we are all right!![/quote] Phew!!! ;-) Thanks to you all... Quote
David Nimrod Posted November 26, 2007 Author Posted November 26, 2007 [quote name='Mikey D' post='94579' date='Nov 26 2007, 03:06 PM']It's a common Db major pentatonic.[/quote] That makes perfect sense now - thanks! Quote
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