____ ______ ______ __________________ ________________________ ________________ _____________________________ ____________ ____ HOME|SCALES|CHORDS|CHORD PROGRESSIONS|MUSICAL TERMS DICTIONARY|CIRCLE OF FIFTHS|CHORDTONES + WHOLETONES GUIDE| |v1.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE CREATOR | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDTONES + WHOLETONE GUIDE so the jist is that this is a rule of thumb method to find a good scale that you can use to improvise under certain chords or make melodies and other things what you do is get the chordtones of the chord and add on wholetone to the right of every note until all and that creates a good scale you can play over or make a melody CMAJ _________________________________ |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓▓|_| |_|▓▓| |_|▓|_| |_|▓▓| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ADD THE NOTES A WHOLETONE AWAY (ADDED NOTES IN RED) _________________________________ |▓▓| || |▓▓| ||▓| || |▓▓| | |▓▓| || |▓▓| ||▓| || |▓▓| | |▓▓| || |▓▓| ||▓| || |▓▓| | |▓▓|_||_|▓▓| ||▓|_||_|▓▓| | |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` TURNS INTO C Lydian _________________________________ |▓▓| |▓| |▓▓| |░|▓| |▓| |▓▓| | |▓▓| |▓| |▓▓| |░|▓| |▓| |▓▓| | |▓▓| |▓| |▓▓| |░|▓| |▓| |▓▓| | |▓▓|_|▓|_|▓▓| |░|▓|_|▓|_|▓▓| | |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| |▓▓▓|▓▓▓|▓▓▓| | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEAT SHEET FOR DIFFRENT CHORD TYPES this is a sheet for what scales you should play over certain chords all the first ones come from the chordtones + wholetone method and some from experince in playing and just what i think sounds good Major7/Major69/Major6 = Lydian Scale/Major Scale/Major Blues Minor7th = Dorain Scale/Minor Scale/Minor Blues Dominant7th = Mixolydian Scale/Lydian Dominant (also known as the acoustic scale)/Minor Blues Dominant7b5/Augmented7th = WholeTone Scale Augmented7th = Wholetone Scale + the 7th MinorMajor7th = Melodic Minor Scale/Harmonic Minor Scale Diminished = Diminished Pentatonic Scale Diminished7th = Diminshed Scale Halfdiminished7th = Half Diminshed Scale Sus2 = Major Pentatonic Sus4 = Yo Scale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------