Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 2002/12

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hungarian Minor (was Benefit of . . .)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:24:14 -0500

What great notes. Reminds me the third or four measure of "If I were a rich
man" . . .starting the tune with G, it descends Ab, G, F#, F, Eb, D, C,
Eb,Eb, D, C, Eb,C,G!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd, David - Business Directorate,Trading Standards"
<David.Lloyd@-----.uk>
Subject: RE: [kl] Benefit of taking time off

> [...] the VERY heavy emphasis guitar playing
> places on chords and scales....and especially those that are non-standard
> (the Hungarian Minor Scale is a good example). [...]
>
> Heh! One of my favourite. Noodle about in C hungarian minor over this
> progression:
>
> /Cm /Cm Bm /Cm /Ab G /
>
> ...great fun.
>
> For those "not in the know," C hungarian minor = C, D, Eb, F#, G, Ab, B, C
> (basically a harmonic minor scale with a sharpened fourth)
>
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