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Title: Advanced Scale ideas for the key of Db
Post by: diverse379 on April 26, 2006, 11:52:15 PM
I found some gold in one of my old music notebooks
I think these were a combination of scale ideas I got from several sources 
my teachers at the time and one of PJ morgans videos

I was not that good with my fingers at the time but now As I play some of these scales i am hearing where they can be applied

most of these scales will work over all chords in the key of Db

but i break them down for the individual chords

Db play as a major 9
Bb melodic minor E pentatonic, F dim scale Db lydian

Eb
Eb dorian  Ab dominant scale  D dim scale

F aug
 whole tone scale

F# major 7
Db pentatonic  Bb melocdic minor

Ab7
A melodic minor
Ab dim scale  Ab  augmented scale
Domoinant scale

Bb minor
Aolean
Bb alt
B melodic minor

Cmin7b5
whole tone
 C diminished scale


Play these scales as a pool of available notes please dont just run up and down the scale

play in intervals
play in thirds sixths
skip notes back and go forward

outline chord tones accent chordtones and feel free to add passing tones

Title: Re: Advanced Scale ideas for the key of Db
Post by: Cm9_Ed on April 27, 2006, 12:03:51 AM
Question...

Where would you put an F aug chord in the key of Db? Do you have an example?
Title: Re: Advanced Scale ideas for the key of Db
Post by: diverse379 on April 27, 2006, 12:42:58 AM
you just play it in place of the Fminor7 its going to Bb most of the time right? and you would could play a diminished as a passing tone you could
raising the five of the fminor mkes sense becaue the Db will be the b3 of Bb
so it makes for smooth voice leading

 you need to check my thread in classically trained musician in need of help
its in the first page on this room
i go into great detail about the differences between classical harmony gospel harmony jazz harmony and blues harmony

the three chord in gospel is often either played as a dominant as wel as a minor7 and when it is played as a dominant it usually has a #5 and sometimes it even has a #9