- Allright, listen to this. I recorded a chord progression to a drum track. Chords go: C - F - G. Looped over and over. Then I did this:
1) Recorded a solo over it using C minor pentatonic (which I didn't have any expectations for)
2) Recorded a new solo using the C major scale
Now, we have to consider the fact that I know the pentatonic scale 100 times better than the major scale, but I tried anyway. I just played something more or less on the fly (I did a few takes and chose the best one).
What surprised me was that the C minor solo didn't sound out of tune, actually. It sounded ... different. I can't explain it.
And the C major solo matched better with the notes of course. It sounded more like ONE thing, whereas the C minor pentatonic one sounded very differently.
If you want, you could have a listen (very unpretentious stuff) :
Right-click and choose 'Save as...':
http://vintersen04.tripod.com/cmajsolo.mp3
and
http://vintersen04.tripod.com/cminpent.mp3
- Have in mind that I'm no shredder. I just try to get a good sound. And this was just an experiment to test the theory material.
[Edited by jleraan on 02-17-2004 at 06:47 AM]