Scales

[Armenian]

can anyone recomend any scales with a persian or middle eastern vide to them. its for a friend and he would greatly appreciate it. (to impress his folks :D )

[magicninja]

Tell him to try something like.


--3-4-------------------------------
-------4-5--------------------------
-------------4-5--------------------
------------------5-6---------------
-----------------------6-7----------
-----------------------------7-8----

I always thought that sounded Middle Eastern. I don't know if it's an actual scale. Equator or Jolly might be in to let us know. Throw in some quarter bends here and there.

[ibanezgirl]

I can't recommend any scales, but I can recommend that your friend check out System of a Down.

They're Armenian and you can hear some of that in their music.

[equator]

Tell him to try something like.


--3-4-------------------------------
-------4-5--------------------------
-------------4-5--------------------
------------------5-6---------------
-----------------------6-7----------
-----------------------------7-8----

I always thought that sounded Middle Eastern. I don't know if it's an actual scale. Equator or Jolly might be in to let us know. Throw in some quarter bends here and there.

The actual scale is a:
Six Tone Symetrical Scale= [1-b2-3-4-#5-6]
with the Tonic on B...........[B-C-D#-E-G-G#]
And the chord built on the first note of that scale would be:
B aug5th Triad= (B,D#,G)

...B aug 5th
e----3----------------------------------------
B----4-------------------------------------0--
G----4----------------------------0---1-------
D-------------------------1---2---------------
A-----------------2---3-----------------------
E---------------------------------------------

[equator]

Magicninja seems to be playing the fifth mode of that scale, descending in intervals of 2nd; and finally resolving to C.

Fifth Mode=[G-G#-B-C-D#-E]
the triad built on the first note of this mode would be:
G aug5th Triad=(G,B,D#)



....G aug 5th
e----------------3--4---------------------------------
B-----4----------------4--5----------------------------
G-----4----------------------4--5----------------------
D-----5----------------------------5--6-----------------
A-----------------------------------------6--7---------
E------------------------------------------------7--8--

[equator]

If you are looking for a Persian sound, that scale would be...Persian Scale...no surprise there.

I`m gonna put that scale in the key of B, for comparison sake.

Persian Scale=[1-b2-3-4-b5-b6-7]
...................[B-C-D#-E-F-G-A#]

and the chord built on the Tonic:
B b5=(B,D#,F)



........B b5
e---------------------------------------------------------
B------4--------------------------------------0--------------
G------4-----------------------------0---3--------------------
D------3----------------1---2---3--------------------------------
A------2--------2---3--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------

[scarface84]

can anyone recomend any scales with a persian or middle eastern vide to them. its for a friend and he would greatly appreciate it. (to impress his folks :D )

Tell him to join us here at GT, i'm tired of being the only persian person in here :p

[Armenian]

my father is also persian

[Armenian]

I can't recommend any scales, but I can recommend that your friend check out System of a Down.

They're Armenian and you can hear some of that in their music.

soad armenian? you would think im that im the last person to know this?

[scarface84]

my father is also persian

yeah, but i'm guessing he's not a GT-member, so i'm still the only one in here as far as i know, well technically i'm half-persian, like you :p

[Armenian]

im not persian, im armenian american.

[scarface84]

im not persian, im armenian american.

But you said your dad's persian, that would make you 50% persian, right?

[Armenian]

no, my dad was born in iran but is armenian, so he is a persian armenian, i am an armenian but born in usa, so i am armenian american.

[scarface84]

no, my dad was born in iran but is armenian, so he is a persian armenian,

Actually, that would make him iranian-armenian, persians are an ethnic group in iran, they're about 50% of the population, but i see what you mean now ;)

[PonyOne]

There are a lot of Armenian-Persians. Armenians were traders, and they ended up all over the Middle East; it's kind of like how I'd be considered "Swedish-American" even though I was born in the US... lots of Armenians live in Iran and somehow have married Persians, thus creating Persian-Armenians. If Armenian is 3/4 Armenian and 1/4 Persian then it's pretty much his perogative what he wants to call himself... Armenian American is a lot more easy to wield than Armenian-Persian-American.

In any case. Freak Guitar (http://home.swipnet.se/freakguitar/scales.html) has some pretty awesome scales. No Persian but they have other middle eastern scales.

[scarface84]

he said his dad was armenian born in iran, not persian, so he's 0% persian, that was my point. it's an ethnicity, not a nationality.

[DeadInMagazines]

Phyrgian Dominant: H + WH + H + W + H + W
Double Harmonic: H + WH + H + W + H + WH
Augemented Scale: H + WH + H + WH + H

[Jon Walter]

im having some problems reading some tabs and i cant seem to figure it all out by myself. i am a new guitar player, and i need some instruction. what do i do :confused:

[paul_leics]

basic guitar? middle eastern scales? im just getting used to minor pentatonic... you mean east midlands? like leicestershire or notts? ive sure got some learning to do