Creating new scales

[anthony]

I posted a cool scale I found. It's C, D, F, G, A, C, D which is the root, maj2, 4th, 5th, maj6, octave, and maj 9. I've now used that scale to build new scales.

First I rearranged those notes beginning and ending on each of the different letters. If you follow the sequence of notes you'll see that the letters go in the same order as before just that they start on a different letter.

D,F,G,A,C,D,F

F,G,A,C,D,F,G

G,A,C,D,F,G,A

A,C,D,F,G,A,C

Then I wrote down the relationships between the notes using the first note as the key signature. Beginning with D it is root, min3, 4th, 5th,dom7, oct, min3. For F it is root, maj2,maj3,5th,maj6,oct, maj9. For G it is root, maj2,4th,5th,dom7,octave, maj9. And for A it is root,min3,4th,min6,min7, octave,min3.

Then I returned to the key signature of C and using those same relationships between the notes I got the following:

C,Eb,F,G,Bb,C,Eb

C,D,E,G,A,C,D

C,D,F,G,Bb,C,D

C,Eb,F,Ab,Bb,C,Eb

You can see that the first falls in the key signature of Bb, the second in key signature C, the third in key signature F, and the fourth in key signature Eb. You can build scales using other notes as the starting note, and using the relationships between the notes to get the other notes that follow.

Let me know how this works for you.

Happy playing,

Anthony

[myaxerules]

I bought Sott Morris DVD Lesson Volume 3 Scales and Theory and learned more about scales with that lesson than my teacher did showing me hard to understand concepts like this one. I also just got the scales posters here and it showed me some new alternate positions for some of the scales I allready knew. The most important thing I have found to memorize so far is the major scale formula (as all the modes are built from it). Just like my DVD Voulme 3 said, C major was the easiest to learn, because the notes are all natural notes, no sharps or flats. That just made it that much easier. For those who dont yet know, heres how that went. Hope this helps some of you.
A half step is 1 fret.
A whole step is 2 frets.
The major scale formula in C went like this.
from the note C, a whole step to the note D, then a whole step to the note E, then a half step to the note F, then a whole step to the note G, another whole step to the note A, another whole step to the note B, then a half step to the note C (played as an octave).
Scales and Theory RULE!

[eyemnothowardstern]

My favorite scale so far is the Hungarian Minor. Any advice on cool ways to fingertap that scale?