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#251633 - 27/02/09 04:35 PM
Re: Wolfes Beginners guide to scales
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simong
Be Nice (I'm New!)
Registered: 10/06/08
Posts: 28
Loc: Pontefract, UK
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That is just stunning.
Once again a case of gaps being filled and a whole picture emerging. Thanks *very* much for taking the trouble to illustrate that so clearly, and I mean that in both linguistic and graphical senses!
Right, let's take it from the top again... 
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#251718 - 28/02/09 11:50 AM
Re: Wolfes Beginners guide to scales
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DaveBass
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Registered: 30/10/02
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Loc: The wilds of Surrey
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So if I could do this (sounds like a lesson I could have when in my van) would it make me pitch perfect.?
Not necessarily. There are two aspects to it: relative pitch and perfect pitch.
Relative pitch is an ability that every musician needs to develop. Essentially it comes down to recognising intervals. In other words, you're relating one note to another, either sequentially (one after the other), which is the basis of melodic work, or simultaneously (chords), which is the basis of harmony.
Perfect pitch is something different, and a step beyond relative pitch. People who have it describe it as each note (or pitch class, i.e. all the A's, all the C#'s etc) having its own characteristic sound or timbre, independent of the octave or the instrument playing it. It's the audible equivalent of colour. People with perfect pitch can name an F# instantly when they hear it (it's a bit more edgy than other notes apparently) and some people even relate particular pitch classes to different colours (a form of synaesthesia).
A few people are born with perfect pitch (including my uncle, though he says he's gone flat with age) but according to http://www.perfectpitch.com/, the rest of us can train ourselves to have perfect pitch if we do the appropriate exercises. But so far my efforts have been in vain. At times I think I can just about discern a difference but it could be my imagination.
Dave
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#251873 - 01/03/09 09:46 PM
Re: Wolfes Beginners guide to scales
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andy508
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Registered: 23/02/09
Posts: 71
Loc: N devon
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MMMMMMmmmm.... sounds intriguing Ill give it a go ina month or so. I would love to know what notes the birds are singing, curlew,nightingale jackdaws(they seem to dance) thanks for the info
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#254053 - 12/04/09 09:49 PM
Re: Wolfes Beginners guide to scales
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andy508
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Registered: 23/02/09
Posts: 71
Loc: N devon
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Yes, I agree, for me they gave me an overview to point a direction learningwise.
Where the differant modes appear on the fret in differant moving shapes and colours, could that be slowed, or paused, wanted to print a copy, but couldnt, sorry if Im not allowed,
Thanks Wolfe I have a clear view of the horizon now......just dont know the middle journey yet but at least I KNOW WHERE IM GOING +++++
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#254134 - 13/04/09 07:20 PM
Re: Wolfes Beginners guide to scales
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andy508
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Registered: 23/02/09
Posts: 71
Loc: N devon
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Thanks for the info..... I think Ill ask someone
None in particular, just be able to play along slowly and make my own way.
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#254457 - 18/04/09 01:05 AM
Re: Wolfes Beginners guide to scales
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Gary_W
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Registered: 16/04/09
Posts: 123
Loc: Derbyshire, UK
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I'd just like to say a big 'thank you' to Wolfe for taking the time to post this. It is fantastic IMO, and a much easier read than most books that I've tried to chew through.
Can I save it easily in an off-line version?
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