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Damie Mckeown · Post by **Damie Mckeown** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:01 am

Normally?

Stuff like Stevie wonder etc

soulkraka · Post by **soulkraka** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:09 am

minor pentatonic = instant funk

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:11 am

Major, minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, Pentotonic blues...

But quite often this stuff doesnt work in a particular key at all. Alot of the time its just min7 chords moved around with melodies being based on the arpeggio's of said chords. Jamiroquai for example do the old Maj7 / min7 descending chromatic thing. This is nice actually, very distinctive sound.

My advice is to just set up a funky beat, jam a pentotonic blues bassline over it, then drop in some Maj / min 7 , 9 , 11 type chords. If you can make them move into each other in convincing progressions then you're onto a winner. Remember that this music is based in Jazz, so conforming to strict rules is not the order of the day. Making it sound cool most definately is!

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:27 am

cool. anyone know where a web-site has a list of all the scales?

tuz · Post by **tuz** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:31 am

xoxos recently released talent. look at its manual. here's a link. it lists a lot of scales and where they're located on the keyboard. hope it helps.

http://www.xoxos.net/talent.html

dharmawan · Post by **dharmawan** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:17 am

any scales that work with the chord notes

stevie wonder has wicked harmonies. i say just learn to play his songs youll learn a ton from there

Landphil · Post by **Landphil** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:16 am

To me, it's all in the rhythm. You could easily do a funk/soul song in nothing but diminished chords and scales. If it ain't got the funky rhythm, it aint funk!

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:09 am

A lot of stuff is in Eb, because it is easy to read and write charts when the whole scale fits on the staff.

Hernan · Post by **Hernan** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:44 am

Whaddya mean, "was"?

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C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:48 am

o'malley wrote:A lot of stuff is in Eb, because it is easy to read and write charts when the whole scale fits on the staff.

Or because the trumpets are B-flat based? E-flat is rather awkward for (bass)guitar actually, unless you tune the strings one half down.

FaX · Post by **FaX** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:51 am

C00kie wrote:
o'malley wrote:A lot of stuff is in Eb, because it is easy to read and write charts when the whole scale fits on the staff.
Or because the trumpets are B-flat based? E-flat is rather awkward for (bass)guitar actually, unless you tune the strings one half down.

I'm a bit confused by that - It would be a problem on a 5 or 6 string bass at all.
Somewhat awkward on standard Pbass for example though

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Hernan · Post by **Hernan** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:53 pm

FaX wrote:
I'm a bit confused by that - It would be a problem on a 5 or 6 string bass at all.
Somewhat awkward on standard Pbass for example though .

5- and 6- string basses are a recent development IIRC from the late eighties or so. At least that's when they became widely available. (I'm sure Les Paul has a couple 6-string prototype basses from 1941 in his basement.)

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Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:08 pm

The Key of Life

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:09 pm

Lorenzo333 wrote:
FaX wrote:
I'm a bit confused by that - It would be a problem on a 5 or 6 string bass at all.
Somewhat awkward on standard Pbass for example though .
5- and 6- string basses are a recent development IIRC from the late eighties or so. At least that's when they became widely available. (I'm sure Les Paul has a couple 6-string prototype basses from 1941 in his basement.)

L

Actually George Harrison had a 6 string fender bass that he would play if Paul were playing piano, so they date back at least to the early 60s...

DrApostropheX · Post by **DrApostropheX** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:16 pm

Just play the black notes.

That's funk.

Any Idea what scale Funk/Soul was in?