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"There are 479,001,600 possible combinations of the 12 tones of the chromatic sc

ale.
"From any given root, there are theoretically hundreds of possible scales depend
ing on what
parameters are established. The tonal system that we know established customs th
at we are heir
as a result of hundreds of years of practice. Scales from other parts of the wor
ld have different
underlying premises. For the sake of this recording, I have established several
guidelines in
the formation of scales.
list some scale information
on Allan Holdsworth's uncommon scales
(check out his "Just for Curious" Book ISBN-10: 0769220150 & REH video ASIN: B00
0WPE8A6)
7-Note
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [7-35b] (Major)
1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 [7-34b] (Melodic Minor)
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7 [7-32b] (Harmonic Mnor)
1 2 b3 b5 5 6 7 [7-32Me] (starting from the 4th degree of Harmonic Major)
1 b3 3 4 5 6 b7 [7-29g]
8-Note
1 2 3 4 5 b6 6 7 [8-26e]
1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7 [8-23d]
1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 7 [8-22d]
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 6 7 [8-27e]
1 b2 b3 3 b5 5 b6 b7 [8-27Me]
9-Note
1 2 b3 3 4 5 6 b7 7 [9-9d]
1 2 b3 3 4 5 b6 6 7 [9-11i]
Symmetrical
1 b2 b3 3 b5 5 6 b7 [8-28S]
1 b2 2 3 4 b5 b6 6 b7 [9-12S]
1 2 3 #4 #5 b7 [6-35S]
The followings are my polychord scales ideas derived from some reference materia
ls on the
page 2 of this thesaurus book:
Triad Over The Bass - Scale Degrees (Thesaurus Code) [Triad Positions]
bII triad over I
1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7 (7-22b) <424542> [bII=b2,4,b6]
1 b2 2 4 b6 7 (6-13b) <324222>
1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7 (7-30b) <343542>
II triad over I
1 b2 2 4 b5 b6 6 (7-22a) <424542> [II=2,#4,6]
1 2 4 b5 b6 6 7 (7-31f) <336333>
bIII triad over I
1 b2 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 (8-22Ma) <465562> [bIII=b3,5,b7]
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 (7-35g) <254361>

1 b2 b3 3 5 b6 b7 (7-32Md) <335442>
III triad over I
1 2 b3 3 5 b6 7 (7-21Mb) <424641> [III=3,#5,7]
1 b2 b3 3 b5 b6 b7 7 (8-22c) <465562>
IV triad over I
1 b2 b3 4 5 6 b7 (7-34c) <254442> [IV=4,6,1]
1 2 3 4 b6 6 7 (7-32d) <335442>
#IV triad over I
1 b2 3 4 b5 5 b7 7 (8-9Sc) <644464> [#IV=#4,#6,#1]
1 b2 3 b5 6 b7 (6-28c) <224322>
V triad over I
1 2 b5 5 b7 7 (6-16e) <322431> [V= 5,7,2]
1 2 b3 b5 5 6 7 (7-32Me) <335442>
bVI triad over I
1 b3 3 b6 6 (5-22c) <202321> [bVI= b6,1,b3]
1 b3 4 b6 7 (5-32b) <113221>
VI triad over I
1 b2 2 3 4 b6 6 7 (8-17d) <546652> [VI=6,#1,3]
1 b2 2 3 b6 6 b7 (7-13d) <443532>
bVII triad over I
1 2 4 b5 b6 6 b7 (7-26f) <344532> [bVII=b7, 2,4]
VII triad over I
1 2 b3 3 b5 b6 7 (7-26b) <344532> [VII=7,#2,#4]
1 b2 b3 3 b5 b6 7 (7-27b) <344451>
biim
1 b2
1 b2
1 b2

triad over I
2 3 b5 b6 b7 (7-33a) <262623> [biim=b2,3,b6]
3 5 b6 7 (6-Y19Mb) <313431>
3 b6 6 (5-21c) <202420>

#ivm triad over I


1 b2 b3 4 b5 6 7 (7-28Mc) <344433> [#ivm=#4, 6,#1]
1 b2 3 b5 6 7 (6-Y25Mc) <233241>
#vm triad over I
1 2 b3 5 b6 7 (6-X19Md) <313431> [#vm=#5, 7,#2]
1 b2 b3 b5 b6 6 7 (7-25Me) <345342>
ivdim triad over I
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 7 (8-23c) <465472> [ivdim=4,b6,7]
1 3 4 5 b6 7 (6-X19f) <313431>
1 2 3 4 b5 b6 6 7 (8-27g) <456553>
Hoping this above will stimulate your interests. All public libraries over the w
orld
should own this thesaurus book for musicians.

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