Pat Metheny -- "What scales do you use ?"
Posted: 4 Nov 2005 7:16 am
There is a great "Guitar World" interview with Pat Metheny re-printed in a book called <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087930 ... s&v=glance" TARGET=_blank>
Secrets from the Masters: Conversations With Forty Great Guitar Players" </A> where he says:
"I feel funny when someone comes up to me and asks 'what modes do you use?' or 'what scales do you use?' To me, that's the equivalent of someone asking, 'what kind of verbs do you use?' The idea is to play music, and assuming you're a good musician, you've spent a lot of time learning the grammar of music which includes the knowledge of all of those things. You can't just know a few modes or a few scales; you have to know all of them, and you have to be able to get from one to the next without even thinking about it."
I don’t know much of Pat Metheny’s stuff but, I thought it was a neat attitude to have about music!
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by John Lockney on 04 November 2005 at 07:18 AM.]</p></FONT>
Secrets from the Masters: Conversations With Forty Great Guitar Players" </A> where he says:
"I feel funny when someone comes up to me and asks 'what modes do you use?' or 'what scales do you use?' To me, that's the equivalent of someone asking, 'what kind of verbs do you use?' The idea is to play music, and assuming you're a good musician, you've spent a lot of time learning the grammar of music which includes the knowledge of all of those things. You can't just know a few modes or a few scales; you have to know all of them, and you have to be able to get from one to the next without even thinking about it."
I don’t know much of Pat Metheny’s stuff but, I thought it was a neat attitude to have about music!
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by John Lockney on 04 November 2005 at 07:18 AM.]</p></FONT>