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Metallicka
10-04-2003, 05:19 PM
Ok I'll use the C major scale as the example.

To play over each chord Cmaj Dm Em Fmaj Gmaj Am Bdim

I can use major pentatonic scale for C, F and G and minor pentatonic for Dm, Em, and Am but what should I use for Bdim?

Can I use B minor pentatonic? If not what should you use over a dim chord, other than the first position of locrian (B in this example)?

If I use the F# from the B minor pentatonic whilst playing in C it is a flat 5th yes? Can I use this to enable me to play 3 notes a string in the first major position? Like so:

E-12-4-|
B-12-4-|
G-1-34-|
D-1-34-|
A-12-4-|
E-12-4-|Those are the finger numbers I would use, the non-diatonic note is in bold.
~SStork~
10-05-2003, 12:51 AM
What's wrong with locrian? But if you don't want that it would still sound fine if you just stuck with Cmaj penta throughout the entire thing, maybe puttin in a litl miner penta here n there:cool:
Metallicka
10-05-2003, 09:28 AM
I didn't mean I wouldn't use locrian I just wanted to know what equivalent penta I could use over the Dim that was just for that chord.
wild_axeman
10-15-2003, 09:31 PM
okay here's some ideas

B Locrian(will of course work)
B C D E F G A
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7


F Major pent yields the following chord tones
against a B dim chord

F Major pent
F G A C D
b5 b6 b7 b2 b3

It's relative minor,D minor pent yields
the same chord tones

D minor pent
D F G A C
b3 b5 b6 b7 b2


G Major/E minor pents yield the following chord tones
against a B dim chord

G Major pent
G A B D E
b6 b7 R b3 4


E minor pent
E G A B D
4 b6 b7 R b3

C Major/A minor pents yields the following
chord tones against a B dim chord

C Major pent
C D E G A
b2 b3 4 b6 b7

A minor pent
A C D E G
b7 b2 b3 4 b6


B Locrian pentatonic (Bdim add b9,b13)
B C D F G
R b2 b3 b5 b6

Bdim add b9,11 arp/pent
B C D E F
R b2 b3 4 b5

Bm7b5,11 arp/pent
B D E F A
R b3 4 b5 b7

Bm7b5,b13 arp/pent
B D F G A
R b3 b5 b6 b7 (note: b6 = b13)

Bm7b5,b9 arp/pent
B C D F A
R b2 b3 b5 b7 (b2 = b9)

B Locrian hexatonic
B C D F G A
R b2 b3 b5 b6 b7

B Locrian hexatonic symmetrical
B C D E F G
R b2 b3 4 b5 b6
Metallicka
10-16-2003, 07:00 AM
Spankyou very useful.
wild_axeman
10-16-2003, 05:06 PM
I've edited it so you might want to take another look at it.