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Topic: Playing harmonic minor scales with Open D tuning |
Alex Cattaneo
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 3 Jan 2014 9:09 pm |
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Ok, I was getting a bit tired of playing the same stuff with the D tuning on my lap steel (low to high D A D F# A D) so I started to work on harmonic minor scales. Now, this scale contains two major triads, on scale degree 5 and b6. So D is the 5 in G minor and the b6 in F# minor.
Everybody with me so far?
So here are the scales, with the open strings notes in bold:
G harmonic minor: G A Bb C D Eb F# G
As you see, all the open strings are good. If you think of D as the root note, then you get a very cool D phrygian dominant scale, which will probably sound "arab" or "middle eastern" to most ears.
Now for our second scale utilizing all the open strings in open D, F# harmonic minor:
F# G# A B C# D E## (F) F#
Last edited by Alex Cattaneo on 4 Jan 2014 9:39 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Jan Oelbrandt
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Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 4 Jan 2014 6:27 am
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Nice.
A correction however: a Eb note isn't supposed to be in an F# harmonic minor scale.
I've fiddled around some with special tunings to get some new sounds.
One of the easiest (and it's great fun) that I came up with: a C6, but with the 6th flat. Sounding middle eastern in no time! |
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Alex Cattaneo
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 4 Jan 2014 7:46 am
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| Never write tabs after midnight!! Ha ha, thanks for spotting that, I'll fix it in a bit. |
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Alex Cattaneo
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 4 Jan 2014 9:40 am
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| Tabs fixed! |
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