How to figure out what chords come from a scale

[herodotus]

Sometimes a single scale cannot fit a set of changes, this isn't landing the space shuttle here.

When you put it that way, no.


But, hey, I thought you were anti-chord and pro-scale-step!

And yet here you are talking about chord changes, like a follower of the corrupt practices of Rameau and his ilk!

Recidivist!!

[jancivil]

actually in that post I was merely having a chuckle at Oggie's advanced-class 'A' to a noobish 'Q'.

Was that TMI on my part? I didn't mean to go too Pythagorus on his ass.

I didn't even understand his question, so who knows.
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BUT! I would NOT have got: ["So What" 2 chords] If you were John Coltrane and you were soloing, would you play just one scale derived from both chords?

Hmm... that example made perfect sense to me. I would have put on that record and tried it myself. I might have even transcribed the actual solos and figured out what scales they were.

Sometimes a single scale cannot fit a set of changes, this isn't landing the space shuttle here.

Mebbe the statement otter be, 'I wouldn't have got that comment from my google search with those terms'.

Makes sense to both of us. I just thought it hilarious to say to someone who'd only ever dealt with C major and is somewhat new to the minor triad.

[Ogg Vorbis]

Sometimes a single scale cannot fit a set of changes, this isn't landing the space shuttle here.

When you put it that way, no.


But, hey, I thought you were anti-chord and pro-scale-step!

And yet here you are talking about chord changes, like a follower of the corrupt practices of Rameau and his ilk!

Recidivist!!

You are right, I am a Fux-boy. In fact, it may be said that I am the mother of all Fuxers.

But I do speak Rameauean since it is the lingua franca of the world. And so I occasionally talk to people about "chord progressions." It's kind of like I'll say, "well, you are a Taurus, so that's why you do things like that," even though I don't believe in astrology. I say it because THEY believe is astrology.

But yes, Rameau es la diabolus in musica!

[rolie]

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These Sites saved me a ton of time. It's fingered for guitar but applies to most all western instruments.

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/scales-to-chords.php (http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/scales-to-chords.php)
scales to chords
Input Scale names and it lists a TON of chords that are in key.

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/chords-to-scale.php (http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/chords-to-scale.php)
chords to scale
Input chords and it will find list a TON of relevant scales.

If I could only find a tool like this to list all the intervals for each scale step. That is something a I have to painstakingly calculate myself. That's when the scale really come alive in my opinion.

[egbert]

If I could only find a tool like this to list all the intervals for each scale step. That is something a I have to painstakingly calculate myself. That's when the scale really come alive in my opinion.

I think you are right about that. If you do this sort of analysis enough times you can do can figure all the intervals relative to a given root note very quickly. This sort of speed of thinking about chords and scales will help you to play changes fluently.