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Author: Barrie Marshall
Date: 2003-07-09 08:02
I did a search on pentatonic scales and improvisation and received some good information (thanks allencole) but maybe a (jazz) musician out there has something I could use in his head, I am not a beginner but as you all know we never stop learning. just for the sake of interest try playing the tune 'Louise' the 'every little breeze' one, a perfect pentatonic. Has anybody else got any popular tunes that are similar? I KNOW, I will probably get hundreds of replies to this question!
Post Edited (2003-07-09 08:10)
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-07-10 01:09
Except for the release, the melody of "Oh Susannah" is all major pentatonic. It's not that uncommon, really. My favorite is still the opening line of "In a Sentimental Mood."
Regards,
John
who thinks this is another thread that could go on forever
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-07-10 03:16
"There Will Never Be Another You" (?) I *think* that's the title (?)
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Author: ned
Date: 2003-07-10 03:32
JMcA, seems like a never ending thread possibly.
I have a tune which fits - it's entitled "Stumbling" - it's played by some jazz bands occasionally. In the key of F and starting @ middle C [and F chord ] on the piano, the first bar goes C D F G A and repeats in the 2nd bar.
I actually got engrossed in the pentatonic thing too, when the post popped up recently. I started practicing some of the scales and this song immediately sprang to mind.
I'd like to know some more tunes from others please. I'm self taught, and essentially a non-reader [I CAN struggle with the dots if absolutely necessary] so using tunes to practice with makes the exercise stick in the mind.
For instance I use a tune called "Apex Blues" [ie D Eb E F E Eb D], the first bars of which is Bb] to practice the chromatic scale and move the starting point up and down to encompass the lot eventually.
Any other practice tips will be gratefully acknowledged.
JK
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Author: allencole
Date: 2003-07-10 05:08
Careful now. "There Will Never Be Another You" departs from the pentatonic 7 times before its midpoint. Its third note, in fact, is the 7th of the key.
I use the guitar lick from "My Girl" to teach the pentatonic to my students.
I believe that its vocal melody is strictly pentatonic. The instrumental interlude, however, departs from pentatonic.
Allen Cole
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Author: Rene
Date: 2003-07-10 05:49
Old man river ...
it's time to say sayonara ...
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Author: Burt
Date: 2003-07-10 13:43
"Buttons and Bows" is pentatonic until four notes before the break strain. As children, we tried playing it on the black keys, and always got stuck on one note because it departed from pentatonic.
In case it's not obvious, the black keys on a piano form a pentatonic scale.
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