Working with "Out" tones
Posted by zylaxis on
guitarwar.com - Feb 06, 2005 @ 04:56:59 PM
Filling in the chromatic spaces in
scales and modes
A common
musical question that guitarists often discuss is “How can we use outside
chromatic tones logically and effectively?”
This article
details one possible answer to this question.
Essentially,
you can take any three notes-per-string diatonic scale fingering (for example,
'A Ionian'):
E
|--------------------------------7-9-10-|
B
|-------------------------7-9-10--------|
G |-------------------6-7-9---------------|
D
|-------------6-7-9---------------------|
A
|-------5-7-9---------------------------|
E
|-5-7-9---------------------------------|
and simply add your
unused fingers to the scale pattern, creating an altered diatonic scale with
chromatic passing tones:
E
|------------------------------------------7-8-9-10-|
B
|---------------------------------7-8-9-10----------|
G
|-------------------------6-7-8-9-------------------|
D
|-----------------6-7-8-9---------------------------|
A
|---------5-7-8-9-----------------------------------|
E
|-5-7-8-9-------------------------------------------|
You can use this
altered scale to create sequences and melodies just like any other scale. The
following is a basic 4-note sequence:
E
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D ||-----------------------------------------------6-----6-7--6-7-8-6-7-8-9-|
A
||---------------5-----5-7---5-7-8-5-7-8-9-7-8-9---8-9----9---------------|
E
||-5-7-8-9-7-8-9---8-9-----9----------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------7-|
B
|---------------------------------------7----7-8---7-8-9-7-8-9-10-8-9-10---|
G
|-------6-----6-7---6-7-8-6-7-8-9-7-8-9---8-9----9-------------------------|
D
|-7-8-9---8-9-----9--------------------------------------------------------|
A
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
|-----7-8----7-8-9-7-8-9-10-12-11-10-9-10-9-8-7-9-8-7----8-7------7-------|
B
|9-10-----10------------------------------------------10-----10-9---10-9-8|
G
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-10-9-8-7-9-8-7---8-7-----7-----------------------------------------------|
G
|----------------9-----9-8---9-8-7-9-8-7-6-8-7-6---7-6-----6---------------|
D
|------------------------------------------------9-----9-8---9-8-7-9-8-7-6-|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
|---------------------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------------------------------------------||
G
|---------------------------------------------------------||
D
|-8-7-6---7-6-----6---------------------------------------||
A
|-------9-----9-8---9-8-7-9-8-7-5-8-7-5---7-5-----5-------||
E |---------------------------------------9-----9-8---9-8-7-||