Need to know some scales

nagapantala · Post by **nagapantala** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 2:38 pm

It seems the only scales i know are just a penatonic scale and your standard e-f-g-a-b-c-d-e

i like tictacs · Post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:22 pm

so what do you want to know? more scales? which ones and why?

nagapantala · Post by **nagapantala** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:04 pm

i just wanna know some scales as like a base for somethin to jam with, maybe some blues/jazz scales, some other rock scales, it just seems whenever i doodle its always penatonic style

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:09 pm

You are going to need to learn keys then and how to distinguish one from another.

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:41 pm

i play a lot in pentatonic too. learn your major scales and then all the modes. that'll help you out a lot. there's a stickied topic on modes in this forum.

brian_ok · Post by **brian_ok** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:11 pm

I would recommend checking out "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory" by Micheal Miller. It has a ton of useful information about everything in your post.

Also worth looking at (assuming you play guitar...) is a book about applied theory...theory (scales, all that fun stuff) as it is used to play guitar. Search amazon for "guitar theory handbook", if it's still in print.