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Topic: Twist On Intro To Nightlife |
Carl Mesrobian
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Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 11:36 am |
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I'm gonna get this into some song somewhere. If you're playing "Nightlife" at an Armenian picnic (highly unlikely - as I only know three people who would schlepp their PSG to an Armenian picnic - and what shish kebab munching Armenian other than the pedal steel player would even know the song "Nightlife"?), in the key of C , instead of the usual G7 (et al) 5 chord in the intro, go to the 6th fret with A pedal , and E raise, and strum strings 10 thru 6 and back down! DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT ANY OTHER GIG!!
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 1:23 pm
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| i've always played nightlife in C. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 2:22 pm
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The 9th string is dissonant in that position. Or the 10th. Release the A pedal and you're okay. Or use the C pedal instead.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 2:30 pm
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That b9 is, I suspect, the key to the Armeniety Carl referred to. Leave it out and it sounds like an American playing Night Life
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 3:56 pm
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It's not one of the 7 modal scales. I found it - it's called Phrygian dominant, Freygish, altered Phrygian, or Hezaz scale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejaz_scale
I was probably hearing this scale when I was still in the womb 
b0b, I'll try your ideas - thanks.
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