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Hawker
06-19-2003, 06:34 PM
How do I find out which scale i should improvise on?
ohz
06-19-2003, 07:11 PM
Mainly you would use Pentatonic scales but you can really use any scales you want. Check out this page here... http://www.cyberfret.com/improvisation/index.php. Read up on that.
Zero
06-20-2003, 07:58 AM
It depends on what key you are in... You would use a scale that is appropriate to the key... :)
Hawker
06-20-2003, 09:30 AM
YEah, but how do I find out which key im playing in?
ohz
06-20-2003, 09:37 AM
You have to know the notes you are playing.
Hawker
06-20-2003, 12:53 PM
Lets say I'm playing the power chords D A E F# E D# D, what key should that be?
wild_axeman
06-20-2003, 04:49 PM
Looks like you're in D and the D# is a chromatic passing chord or tritone sub of some kind...if the F# is the only sharp that IS part of the scale then you're in the key of G but basing it on the fifth mode D Mixolydian.D Mixolydian is the same as D Major but with a minor seventh instead of a major seventh.