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Fret spider
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Fret spider
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03/29/2008 2:48 pm
well i started this little idea by deciding i liked scales with diminished arpegios in them

so i started one on C. so i had the notes C Eflat Gflat A (1 m3 b5 bb7)

then i decide to start i minor arpegio on each of these notes (1 m3 5)

which means you get 4 extra notes, in total 8.

you have C Dflat Eflat E Gflat G A Bflat (1 b2 b3 #4 5 6 b7) i think

im finding it quite interesting to play around with as its got diminished arpegios and minor chords and even some majour ones pop out.

so what i was wonderin was is this actually a well know scale, and how has it been used in the past. i know of other 8 note scales like the bebop one ( i think thats how you spell it) but dont really know much about them. how does using such scales differ from the normal diatonic ones?