There were twelve major ones and another twenty four minor ones (twelve each, harmonic and melodic). It was usually at this point that the wheat was sorted from chaff. The latter became politicians, truck drivers, window cleaners or played the banjo.
However, those that stuck with it and achieved fluency in those thirty-six keys were later playing in bands and orchestras and moving up that never ending ladder.
It is to those deadly serious musicians that this amazing book is aimed at.
The Scale Omnibus shows 400 scales in all twelve keys from all over the world. Thus we have ragas galore, twelve bebop scales and umpteen others.
The jazz musician may wonder what the Mela Kantamani scale has to offer him but, examine the intervals (222113) and try slotting them into a solo and you may be surprised and, there's another 399 to work on!
It really is a masterpiece of studious research by an Italian saxophonist and EWI player.
To find out more and to read a free excerpt go HERE. Lance
1 comment :
This book sounds absolutely terrifying! Does it include modal scales from traditional folk music? At least I know a few of those!
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