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2palms  
7 Jun 2007 17:51 | Quote
Posts: 4
I must be stuck on stupid, because I cannot figure out how to read they formula for the scales chart.

For instance for a Aeolian is

Scale - Aeolian
1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7

Thus I read it as,
A B C D E Fb Gb

But they have it as

A B C D E F G

What am I doing wrong?

Guitar Guru are you still out there?
mightydave  
8 Jun 2007 01:24 | Quote
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Scale - Aeolian
1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7

Thus I read it as,
A B C D E Fb Gb

what you do wrong is the scale you start with you don't start with ABCDEFG all the time you start with the Major , e.g. A Aeolian you start with the A Major scale A B C# D E F# G# then you do the same with with you did before and you'll get ABCDEFG
so if you want G aeolian f.e. you take Gmajor , G A B C D E F# and take the intervals and come G A Bb C D Eb F

this way you can get all aeolians with just one interval

hope you get it:)
2palms  
11 Jun 2007 18:08 | Quote
Posts: 4
Thanks mightydave, that helps alot.


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