making beats outside of the cmajor scale.

I think this is just for the guys who dont sample but i could be wrong but for the ones who dont sample. How many of yall are tring to to learn other scales so that when it comes to making beats you get a different feel. I myself feel this could give me a lil edge on the average person who can only play the c major scale or dont really know what other keyz to play outside the cmajor scale so they really play out of key when they try. Hey if its hot its hot but my goal in music is to really understand it some what inside out.

I do alot of transposing on my triton.

I'm in the process of trying to learn all of the scales, the C major scale is the easiest but I like dark notes so I tend to work within the minor scales.

scales & theory

a must for anybody SERIOUS about making music

your absolutely right much respect for realizing that.

smoove, that's you in the pic, wake up and get back to work, haha..

haha lamp man you know how it go. after eatin lunch, i get tired and wanna sleep. my chair here reclines so far back, its impossible to stay awake

Word..

I think it's a must to learn other scales because things sound different in other scales. I started out learning the Cminor/ E flat major scale and even to this day I find myself always wanted to play everything in that scale. I read somewhere that different scales give you a different feel and it's true, I've learned a song off the radio and then I tried to play it in another key and it just doesn't sound as good.
Peace.

you got it

Lampdog wrote:I do alot of transposing on my triton.

That is the eisiest way. On the trition and any other keyboard just transpose the keyboard by half steps than you can play ALL of the major scales real easy because it is just the white keys. You can also to the same for harmonic minor scales just use the white keys and start on A. For harmonic minor just kick the the 7th degree note up a half step. Thats about as easy as it gets. I dont know if ya get what im sayin but this is an easy way out with out **** with the accidentals.

arabic sounding scale (but careful if you use it, you might get an invitation from FBI, according to what we read on news here in germany)
C,C#,E,F,G,G#,B
which are these MIDI notes:
36,37,40,41,43,44,46

especially try those C,C#,E,F playing up and down.

c minor scale is my favorite.

what are good chords to go with it?

Pick a scale, practice it, memorise it, and move onto a new scale until you have em all memorised. Also, I would advise you to learn the proper fingering patterns.

Ex:

Right hand: (5 fingers)

thumb=1
pointer=2
middle finger=3
ring finger=4
and pinky= 5

The pattern for a major scale is:

1,2,3, 1,2,3,4,5

So if your playing in c major it would be like this:

C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C
1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5

If that makes sense...

Here;s a useful link for chords and scales:
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/keys.html

Choose the root key then chose the scale option. It will show all the notes in the given scale. Good luck!

P.S.

Left hand: (5 fingers)

pinky= 1
ring finger=2
middle finger=3
pointer=4
and thumb=5

The pattern for a major scale is:

1,2,3,4,5,3,4,5

So if your playing in c major it would be like this:

C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C
1,2,3,4,5,3,4,5

Any other questions? Email me at: [email protected]

er c minor? and any ci minor chord with notes from the scale...c minor 7th etc...

greg

dubmunkey wrote:er c minor? and any ci minor chord with notes from the scale...c minor 7th etc...

greg

duh, yeah i guess thats true....