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Julian Vickers
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05/08/2006 10:29 pm
Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonI was coming from the land where you write scale tones relative to the scale to which they refer. If you know what the tones in a minor scale are, such as minor 3, minor 6, etc., then there is no reason to write the tones relative to the major scale.


I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, but there really is a reason. I guess I explained it badly but the truth is, especially at my music school, where not everybody has a full knowledge of all the scales but should know the major scale, saying to someone that the scale is 1 b3 4 5 b7 is going to be less confusing than saying 1 3 4 5 and 7 of the 'minor scale'.

It's not confusing me or anything, I know what the aeolian is, but take classical for instance, the main minor scales are the Harmonic Minor and the Melodic Minor. A classical student probably wouldn't know about 'the minor scale' as we are talking about it.

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lol theory flame wars! you'd better lock this thread before it gets nasty! ;)
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