tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627082341520635633.post2697765931248245242..comments2024-02-27T22:15:31.380+08:00Comments on The Guitar Column: The Diminished Scale As Two Partial Minor ScalesClinton Carnegiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12353694159662057570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627082341520635633.post-45099072407482242972009-06-19T11:47:24.617+08:002009-06-19T11:47:24.617+08:00Yeah i guess it's much more practical for a gu...Yeah i guess it's much more practical for a guitar player if he actually wants to play those things, the tetrachord thing is more useful for writing though when it comes down to pen and paper.<br /><br />On a side note, 5 years ago, when I was studying for my O levels in SJI, I saw you jamming at the Tanglin CC underground studio, that's when I was still just a few months into picking up my first instrument. It was some fusion/rock thing you were playing, and I was bamboozled by the twin reverb in that room and your playing haha.<br /><br />Where do you play now? I'd love to go and watch again.Xiao'anhttp://www.myspace.com/xiaoanguitarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627082341520635633.post-67738623626036147572009-06-19T06:53:37.173+08:002009-06-19T06:53:37.173+08:00You're right. But this is more of an exercise...You're right. But this is more of an exercise in how to see the diminished scale from a different, hopefully more melodic viewpoint rather than WHWHWHWH or HWHWHWHW.Clinton Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353694159662057570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627082341520635633.post-75973400482112695222009-06-18T23:10:57.303+08:002009-06-18T23:10:57.303+08:00I think these partial scales are also known as tet...I think these partial scales are also known as tetrachords<br /><br />for example, a scale with tones A B C D, or rather, a set of notes arranged in this manner - ie. whole step half step whole step, would be known as a dorian tetrachord. If you put two dorian tetrachords together, you get a dorian scale. if you put a dorian tetrachord followed by a phrygian tetrachord, you get an aeolian mode, or natural minor scale.Xiao'annoreply@blogger.com