The Keyboard Grimoire book

[MadPsyance]

I just got this today from amazon...(it's basically an encyclopedia of scales, modes, chords, and voicings, with diagrams for guitar and keyboard... and I have a few questions that maybe someone here could answer.

First of all, why wouldn't the natural minor scale be included?...it's seems like they have everything but.

Also, there is a quick mode generator chart for each scale/mode, and there is a keyboard diagram next to each root, BUT the patterns do not always start on the root note "because of the keyboard's design" What the hell is that supposed to mean??...also there is a guitar fretboard diagram, also not having the patterns start on the root AND for some reason they've not put any open strings in the chart....I don't understand the point in any of this!

FINAL QUESTION: Does anyone know of a book that has scales and their basic triad chords of each degree with maybe a few substitutions ON THE SAME PAGE?
My only grievances with the book (other than the fact they don't put chord voicings with the scales...they're in a separate section of the book). Other than those things it's a pretty nice encyclopedia thingy.

[JumpingJackFlash]

I just got this today from amazon...(it's basically an encyclopedia of scales, modes, chords, and voicings, with diagrams for guitar and keyboard... and I have a few questions that maybe someone here could answer.

First of all, why wouldn't the natural minor scale be included?...it's seems like they have everything but.

No idea. Perhaps because in most tonal music of classical times, the harmonic and/or melodic forms are much more common?

Also, there is a quick mode generator chart for each scale/mode, and there is a keyboard diagram next to each root, BUT the patterns do not always start on the root note "because of the keyboard's design" What the hell is that supposed to mean??...also there is a guitar fretboard diagram, also not having the patterns start on the root AND for some reason they've not put any open strings in the chart....I don't understand the point in any of this!

Well, again, I don't really know, but maybe it thinks you want to play in one octave only (maybe as low as possible?), so you've got to adjust the chords so you don't exceed that one octave??
Similarly, with the guitar chords, maybe they try to make them as low and/or as simple to play as possible?

FINAL QUESTION: Does anyone know of a book that has scales and their basic triad chords of each degree with maybe a few substitutions ON THE SAME PAGE?

Afraid not, but you could make your own! - would be a good exercise.

[MadPsyance]

Yeah, I should make my own...I have a few templates from a music theory class I had a few years ago..it had the scale going horizontally across the page and the chords going vertically from the scale's degrees. What I should do is incorporate a keyboard both vertically and horizontally ..and a guitar fretboard diagram...would be quite a feat.

[Bobro Cameron]

First of all, why wouldn't the natural minor scale be included?...it's seems like they have everything but.

Does it have "Aeolian Mode"? That's the "natural minor". Just remember that a mode is not a scale, it's a "mood", and you have to use melodic figures and emphasize characteristic notes to get the mood.