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tom anderson

 

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Post  Posted 24 Aug 2010 8:37 am    
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A guitar playing friend of mine said that if I play a Bb scale while the band is in G for my solo's I will sound less like a white boy. Does anyone have a tab to give me some idea's? I'd like to try it out.
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Bill McCloskey


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Nanuet, NY
Post  Posted 24 Aug 2010 8:57 am    
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Playing a Bb scale over a G means you are basically playing Flat 3rd, and Flat 7th and a sharp 5th, sort of a bebop jazz scale.
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Jim Cohen


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Philadelphia, PA
Post  Posted 24 Aug 2010 9:22 am     Re: Playing a Bb scale when in G
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tom anderson wrote:
...I will sound less like a white boy.

Not that there's anything wrong with that... Wink
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Jeff Plaisance

 

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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2010 3:49 pm    
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Bb major is the same notes as G minor
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2010 5:19 pm    
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I'd suggest an F scale instead. The Eb note of the Bb scale is pretty rare in the key of G.
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Joseph Carlson


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Grass Valley, California, USA
Post  Posted 2 Sep 2010 9:22 am    
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A D melodic minor sounds pretty good over G (or a D dorian for that matter).
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Steve Geis

 

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Fayetteville, GA USA
Post  Posted 10 Sep 2010 11:41 am    
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Go to 1st fret w/B & C pedals holding B pedal & rocking off & on C pedal. 3rd string is Bb (flat 3rd), 4th string is root (G) or b7th (F), 5th string is 5th (D), 6th string is Bb again, then 7th string is root (G) again. 2nd string is 6th (E) so use it as needed. Get used to this position & use it for R&R. IT ROCKS!
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