I'm new here,and well, im asking any of you if you know any exotic scales for improvising.

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As i have posted countless times before, here is a site that has pretty much every single one...

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhou...r/index_rb.html

sweet site shred

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Yep, great site, every scale you could probably ever want. Also look into buying the guitar grimoire - scales and modes.

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I know about the grimore,I just don't wanna buy it.

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That site makes no scence at all. I cant figure out any of the scales cuz it just looks all like dots. Any help on reading em?

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the numbers going across the top represent the frets and the letters to the left are the strings so you read the dot kinda like a graph if a dot is at 4, D then its fourth fret on the d string

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That page with all the scales,many of them are the exact same scale with a different name.

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yea i think it depends on what the root of the scale is and what is being played underneath the scale

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I think i'll just stick to harmonic and natural minor

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not a good idea

why?

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why would you want to learn something youd never use, the only scales i need are pentatonics and harmonic, melodic, and natural minors.

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true but say you want a particular sound for a song or just a passage within the song its cool to go and learn the scale even to just use it once, although i wouldnt go and learn scales and scales just incase i might want them in the future cause thats boring

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after a while your songs will sound the same. Its good to know the Major scale and its modes, and whatever other scales or modes you like. Its good to have variety.

I know,and I do use all of the modes(phrygian,major,dorian...)but what i meant was in just plain improvisation and stuff like that.
I also use the Dim. scale(w,h,w,h,...)and I would use other ones,but not really memorize them,just look up the formulas and apply them.

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They're interval maps, just play the intervals in order on any one string, or combination of strings. Personally I think it's a good idea to learn the scale on each string. Once you have those down, then move in on the 3 note per string patterns.

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All I don't understand is the intervals, and what the numbers are all about can anyone tell me?

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i think its the number the note is in the scale (if im right) then if the scale went a,b,c,d,e,f,g, d would be #4 f would be #6 ect

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is it just me or are the gypsy and the crab scales really good for solos?

dont know but ill check them out
what are everyones favorite scales from that site?

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Egyptian, Persian and ofcourse the (spanish) gypsy scale.

I like those for those erie sounding intervals and solos, you can do cool stuff with them.

Yeah I figured it out now. Its not that confusing once you look at it for a while.

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Gypsy scales are cool.

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Me,I like double harmonics and the spanish gipsy one.

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anyone know if theres like a scottish or gaelic scale or anything like that?

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they're called modes. it kinda works like this:
an example.
E minor has the same key signature as G major and A dorian,ect.
one #, so the notes in that key signature are;
A B C D E F# G
if you play through those notes starting on A, you just played an A dorian mode.
if you play through those notes starting on B, you just played a B phrygian mode
if you play through those notes starting on C, you just played a C lydian mode.
if you play through those notes starting on D, you just played a D mixolydian mode.
if you play through those notes starting on E, you just played an E natural minor(aeolian mode).
if you play through those notes starting on F#, you just played a F# locrain mode.
or if you played through those notes starting on G, you just played a G major scale(ionian mode).
ect.
it's really cool and effective stuff to know and use.

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none that I know off... but those major Locrian and super Locrian kinda remind me of that kinda stuff, little bit ancient if you mess about with them.

so why? you play the bagpipes as well laddy?

no but i wouldnt mind learning
but im writing a song about the scottish battle at bannockburn and was just wondering if there was any kind of scale like that for a kind of scottish feel to the song

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I do know all the modes,and how to use them,but what I meant was that many of the scales have the same formulas like, if I remember correctly,the chinese scale and the melodic minor are the exact same scale(1,2,b3,4,5,6,7) and there's many more cases like that(dim.=1,2,b3,4,b5,b6,6,7,)which also comes out as the auxiliary blues scale and another couple names more.

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so you're question is?

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I just wanted to find out some scales.

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You REALLY should. It's worth the money. Also, wtf do you mean. Who gives a shit what a scale is called if you have the formula.

Gaelic Scale = pentatonic + minor third
ex. DEFGACD
sometimes the third is major
ex. GABCDEG
it is hexatonic

nothing special
but to maintain Scottishness, go for a 6/8 beat
9/8 is typically Irish

the dorian mode sounds most like that.
take differnt scales and put them into modes. u get an odd effect. for example the gypsy scale is harmonic min in prygian form.
if u want a greek sounding scale go with the lydian mode in any form.
remember intervals, they play a vital role in scales

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