mpc music theory help please

so i have a beat in the scale of e minor and i have an extra synth/stringy sample thats in E.

i want to convert this to the e minor scale

which is.
E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,Eb,E

so since a half step is 1 semitone, and a whole step is 2 semitones.

what would i do with this scale?

i would first copy it to 8 pads

then the first one would be 0.00 semitones cause its in E
the next one would be +2.00 semitones for F#
then after that it would be +4.00 semitones for G#
then +5.00 semitones for A
then +7.00 semitones for B
then +9.00 semitones for C#
then +11.00 semitones for Eb
and +12.00 semitones for the high E

is this right?

can someone with a little more music theory knowledge confirm for me please?

Isn't that just E major?

Drop the 3rd, 6th and 7th notes a semitone to get the minor

ah, i put that into my mpc and it did sound major.

thanks man, gonna try what you said today

i fackin erased half of the beat yesterday though, but i still have the sequences and stuff.

luckily i had an older version saved in another folder.

my programs were all gone, and it started to delete some of the drum samples when i realized i had just tried to save a blank project over my work! i shut off my mpc pretty fast and when i turned it back on i loaded it up and no sounds were playing, so i loaded my old programs up from another folder and they worked for the bulk of the song...all the main song samples were intact, but i had to re-do my drum sounds.
i really liked the clap/snare i was using so im gonna have to try and re-create something similar.

really glad my main samples werent affected though. that woulda sucked!

and, do you drop the 3rd, 6th and 7th to get the minor from all/any major scales?

what about harmonic minors? isnt that the same as a minor except you raise the 7th one semitone?

i used to have a chart with all the minor, major and harmonic minor scales, but not anymore, i need to re make one, but i dont really know where to start.

i guess i could if its as easy as im thinking it is now though.

whut u need is thee " The Chord Wheel- the Ultimate tool foe all musicians "....
only $20, had for plus 5 yrs & has change thee way i make beats.... trust

the chord wheel looks pretty cool, but i think i have to develop my ear before i could use it really. i had to ask someone what key my sample was in.

damien907 wrote:and, do you drop the 3rd, 6th and 7th to get the minor from all/any major scales?

I believe so

what about harmonic minors? isnt that the same as a minor except you raise the 7th one semitone?

I dunno, that goes beyond the limits of my musical understanding! the intertubes say yes though

dope, thanks man, im gonna go start making a chart again.

just found this online

WT is whole tone,
ST is semitone

major scales:
The pattern is WT-WT-ST-WT-WT-WT-ST.

In fact, all major scales follow the same pattern of tones and semitones, so try to remember it!

WT - WT - ST - WT - WT - WT - ST

Read more: 10. Tones & Semitones - My Music Theory http://www.mymusictheory.com/grade-1-co ... z1pWAMyrog

minor scale is: tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone

the harmonic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the fact that the 7th note is raised by a semitone

melodic minor scale: This minor scale has the 6th and 7th notes raised by a semitone (compared to the natural minor scale)

yeahhhhhh, time to get to work.