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• BluesBop Harry Mexico city, MexicoVirtuoso

  March 2008 Posts: 1,379

  There are only two whole tone scales.
  If you play them on a dominant chord the one that has the root gives you: R, 9, 3, +11, +5 and b7.
  If you play the other scale starting on the b9 you get: b9, +9, 11, 5, 13 and Maj7. So in theory you can use either one, although the Maj7 can sound weird I've found it can work well over dominants and give you a bluesy color.
  Use your ears and experiment.
  Hope this helps.
• gypsyjazzer Brewood, United KingdomNew

  March 2008 Posts: 67

  Thanks Harry,
  
  That's a very clear and concise explanation - I can even see that if I'd taken the time to work the notes out myself, I would have been able to see their relationship to the dominant chord - so I've learned two things from this, both of which will help me in the future.
  
  Much appreciated.
  
  Stu
• BluesBop Harry Mexico city, MexicoVirtuoso

  March 2008 Posts: 1,379

  Glad to help!
• djangology Portland, OregonModerator

  April 2008 Posts: 1,018

  I like to practice them over songs with descending chord patters such as on Fiso Place, Sweet Sue, Gypsy Fire, or Sweet Georgia Brown... I'm not sure that is the best place to practice them, but thats what I do.
• BluesBop Harry Mexico city, MexicoVirtuoso

  April 2008 Posts: 1,379

  There are some cool whole tone licks on the new Dennis DVDs, I think on volume 3. Ans also some really mind blowing ones on the Symetrical augmented scale.
• djangology Portland, OregonModerator

  April 2008 Posts: 1,018

  I was daydreaming about playing wholetone over a Minor Chord in my car and I thought of this:
  
  [quote]A7 tension . . . . . . . Dm release
  -----------------7--|-5-------------------
  -------------5-7----|---4-6---------------
  ---------4-6--------|-------5-7-----------
  -----3-5------------|-----------4-6-------
  -2-4----------------|---------------3-5---
  ---------------------|---------------------[/quote]
  
  anyone have any thoughts on this? (notice that the pattern switches whole tone scales on the 1st and 2nd strings.)
  
  so, if there were two versions of wholetone: wW and Ww
  
  then, while in the A7 tension chord i play wW on strings 5,4,and 3, then switch to Ww on strings 2 and 1. then, on the resolved chord (Dm) I play the wW on 1st and 2nd string then switch to the Ww on strings 3,4, and 5.
  
  just a daydreaming thought.... it probably has no meaning.
• Jack western Massachusetts✭✭✭✭

  April 2008 Posts: 1,752

  Weird...I was doing the same thing (daydreaming). This is what I was thinking:
  
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------5
  ------------6-8----------------6-8----------------6-8----------------6-8----
  -------6-8------6-8------6-8------6-8------6-8------6-8-------6-8---------
  --5-7----------------5-7----------------5-7----------------7-9--------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  or maybe end it on D...
  (hmmm...just played it for the first time, and it sounds like I might be ripping off Appel Direct without thinking about it....)
  
  best,
  Jack.
• djangology Portland, OregonModerator

  April 2008 Posts: 1,018

  reminds me a little of Dennis' lick:
  
  [quote]------------------------7-|
  -----7-5--------------9---|
  ---6-----6-------7-10-----|
  -5---------7-5-6----------|
  --------------------------|
  --------------------------|[/quote]
• gregevans_1 New

  August 2010 Posts: 1

  I guess I am replying to an old post......
  
  I have always thought the 'B' section melody of Babik was a whole tone thing. I often attempt whole tone soloing through the entire 'B' section, I like the sound of it.
  
  G
• Bones Moderator

  August 2010 Posts: 3,319

  I think Django does a whole tone thing over the turn around in the middle of his take on the head for the ballad part of Billets Deux. It's over a D7 chord. If someone can tell me how to post a sound clip/transcription I'll do it but it starts out on the 12th fret first string with a hammer on/pull off then goes to third string 13th fret.....
  
  Oh, and Rhythm Futur