Comments on: Meet the major scale

By: Quora

Quora — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:16:23 +0000

Is it possible to compose a good piece of music using only the white keys or only the black keys?…

Playing only the white keys gives you the seven modes of the C major scale: C major itself, D dorian, E phrygian, F lydian, G mixolydian, A natural minor and B locrian. All of these scales except locrian make terrific melodic raw material, and you can …

By: Quora

Quora — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:27:12 +0000

How can I improve my ability to hear and sing back harmony lines?…

Learn some music theory. It’ll help you intuit notes in each chord other than the melody. Finding which specific note works best is a matter of artistry, trial and error and so forth, but music theory will at least give you a small number of viable op…

By: Nice Guitar Scales photos | GUITAR LOVE

Nice Guitar Scales photos | GUITAR LOVE — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:01:21 +0000

[...] by Ethan Hein Three fingerings: open position, higher on the neck, and arranged into arpeggios. See a blog post about the major [...]

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:58:05 +0000

Good suggestion, I’ll consider it.

By: Skye

Skye — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:11:21 +0000

Thanks for your work! I learned quite a few things from what you present on the web and the way you do it – very stimulating and interesting, congrats!
Maybe you or some of your readers could be interested in this way to present the music scales in an inventory graphic pattern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N-H85MfjlU
Best,
Skye (from Denmark)

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:26:35 +0000

Thanks man! Changing C major to G major is a piece of cake, just raise the F to F#.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:22:15 +0000

Great post, it fun to play the arpeggio.
Can you explain how to transform the C major scale into the G major scale.