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Sunday, June 8, 2025

481. ANALYSIS OF 20TH CENTURY MUSIC (BLUES ETC) WHICH UNKOWINGLY IS UTILISING UNCOMMON ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL SCALES.

 

This is the single note per chord (simplicial submelody) transpositional method (3 different diatonic scales). There is the single note per chord (simplicial submelody) modulational method, which remains in the same tonality. Then the method is different than the diatonic scale. E.g. pentatonics scales (e.g. hirajoshi too)  blues hexatonic scales, other hexatonic scales , bebop scales (8, 9 or 10 notes), scales, etc.

E.g. The chords of the 12 bars blues are in C major (C,F,G7) while we solo in C minor (Eb major< with Bb, Eb, Ab, that make Cm, Fm, Gm, but still there are the root notes C, F, G, so as to stay there as long as necessary). Or soloing in pentatonic C minor, or Blues C minor , besides, of course, diatonic C major, pentatonic C major and Blues C major.  In spite of teh above paradoxes, the strict rule, that at least 50% of the time that a chord is sounding, the solo, must sound notes of  the chord. This rule seems to  hold also in the next video. It is equivalent to changing  the standard chords C,F, G, in a  limited time <50% , to more jazzy, containing 2nds, 4ths, 6th, 7nths, 9nths etc becoming minor etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzWEyHTu_Zc&list=PLtVS5-a9C-OAAkWva8ltIOmE7BkU3o1m6


The paradox is that  when playing e.g. 12 bars blues at C major scale with C, F and G7 chords, the pentatonic and hexatonic blues scale is to improvise is not the A minor (=C major) but the C minor (which tracks a transposition in Eb, or C minor). 


The bending of the dominant 5th in the natural minor to the blue note and forbidden tritone! 

The simultaneous occurring of 1M and 1m (change of major tonal to minor), so 3 and 3b (blue note). This accommodates mirror transpositions (negative harmony) as well as transposition upwards by a minor 3rd. 


The minor and major pentatonic and minor and major blues hexatonic scales.

minor 5-tonic 3-2-2-3-2 (a c d e g a )  and  minor blues hexatonic  3-2-1-1-3-2 (a c d eb e g a) 

Heptatonic version of  the blues scale :


1) By a leading 7th note  (Ancient Greek chromatic) 3-2-1-1-3-1-1

2) By a mode of the harmonic minor e.g. 2-1-2-1-3-1-2

When using a blues minor over the diatonic of a 12 bars blues, we introduce the chromatic notes 7b and

4# (the blue note). If we extend to the anacient greek chromatic we do not introduce any new chromati note. The 7b chromatic makes the 5M to 5m. The 4# makes the 2m to a 2M.

When using a blues major over the diatonic of a 12 bars blues, we introduce the blue note 3b. If we extend to the anacient greek chromatic we do introduce a new chromatic note the 5#. The 5# chromatic makes the 3m to 3M. The 3b blue note makes the 1M to 1m.

Thus we have a minor version of the ancient greek chromatic as 3-2-1-1-3-1-1

and a major version as 2-1-1-3-1-1-3

Saturday, June 7, 2025

480. THE LOGIC OF CORRELATING PENTATONIC SCALE OR BLUES SCALE OR OTHER SCALES , MELODIES WITH THE CHORDS IN (12 BARS) BLUES.

The video below is  the single note per chord (simplicial submelody) transpositional method (3 different diatonic scales). There is the single note per chord (simplicial submelody) modulational method, which remains in the same tonality. Then the method is different than the diatonic scale. E.g. pentatonics scales (e.g. hirajoshi too)  blues hexatonic scales, other hexatonic scales , bebop scales (8, 9 or 10 notes), scales, etc.

E.g. The chords of the 12 bars blues are in C major (C,F,G7) while we solo in C minor (Eb major< with Bb, Eb, Ab, that make Cm, Fm, Gm, but still there are the root notes C, F, G, so as to stay there as long as necessary). Or soloing in pentatonic C minor, or Blues C minor , besides, of course, diatonic C major, pentatonic C major and Blues C major.  In spite of teh above paradoxes, the strict rule, that at least 50% of the time that a chord is sounding, the solo, must sound notes of  the chord. This rule seems to  hold also in the next video. It is equivalent to changing  the standard chords C,F, G, in a  limited time <50% , to more jazzy, containing 2nds, 4ths, 6th, 7nths, 9nths etc becoming minor etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzWEyHTu_Zc&list=PLtVS5-a9C-OAAkWva8ltIOmE7BkU3o1m6 


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8SK9ur1pSqU


The paradox is that  when playing e.g. 12 bars blues at C major scale with C, F and G7 chords, the pentatonic and hexatonic blues scale is to improvise is not the A minor (=C major) but the C minor (which tracks a transposition in Eb, or C minor). 


The bending of the dominant 5th in the natural minor to the blue note and forbidden tritone! 

The simultaneous occurring of 1M and 1m (change of major tonal to minor), so 3 and 3b (blue note). This accommodates mirror transpositions (negative harmony) as well as transposition upwards by a minor 3rd. 


The minor and major pentatonic and minor and major blues hexatonic scales.

minor 5-tonic 3-2-2-3-2 (a c d e g a )  and  minor blues hexatonic  3-2-1-1-3-2 (a c d eb e g a) 

Heptatonic version of  the blues scale :


1) By a leading 7th note  on the hexatonic Blues minor (whic comes from  the pentatonic minor) (Ancient Greek chromatic) 3-2-1-1-3-1-1

2) By a mode of the harmonic minor e.g. 2-1-2-1-3-1-2

When using a blues minor over the diatonic of a 12 bars blues, we introduce the chromatic notes 7b and

4# (the blue note). If we extend to the anacient greek chromatic we do not introduce any new chromati note. The 7b chromatic makes the 5M to 5m. The 4# makes the 2m to a 2M.

When using a blues major over the diatonic of a 12 bars blues, we introduce the blue note 3b. If we extend to the anacient greek chromatic we do introduce a new chromatic note the 5#. The 5# chromatic makes the 3m to 3M. The 3b blue note makes the 1M to 1m.

Thus we have a minor version of the ancient greek chromatic as 3-2-1-1-3-1-1

and a major version as 2-1-1-3-1-1-3


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lQO0Tb43Fdk&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPjzoEUCxOI&ab_channel=MakingandBreaking


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI8HpvkXWeM&ab_channel=BradHarrisonMusic


Thursday, June 5, 2025

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

476. RIFFS VERSUS CHORDS. MUSIC MADE BY RIFFS , OSTINATO, AND OTHER VARIATIONAL REPETITIONS OF MELODIC THEMES .

 

(see also article 74) 

Riffs are melodic-rhythmic  variating repetitions , and are the progenitors of chord arpeggios. They are used mainly for folk dance music like Irish Reels. A riff is decomposed to a number of moves. 

An other term for riff in this book, that you shall meet is "Chromatic arpeggio." 

RIFFS are as powerful for the simplicity of composing melodies  as the CHORDS are ! 


The most common pattern would be e.g. a 4 bars (=measure) or moves  pattern, so that each step (measure) or move   is again 4 beats,  and the 3 beats ar on a single note called center a while , the 4th on a second b .  Thus the move can be conceived as the single central note a. A move can be also of 3 beats, where 2 beats are on a and one beat on b.
The 4 moves,  create in this way by their cetral notes , intervals. 
Usually a riff will correspond to a single chord  (central notes in a chord) or a chord transition (central notes in two chords) .
When playing riffs, it is convenient to accompany them with a drum instrument, rather that chord-playing instrument. It is also convenient to play them in a single note (e.g. flute) diatonic instrument, as diatonic riffs, are directly playable. The we simple repeat the riff till it gets boring in which case we modulate it up or down the diatonic scale, and possible further variate it by changing the type of the involved intervals (2nds chromatic, 3rds melodic, 4ths or 5ths harmonic). If the rhythm gets boring we variate  the rhythmic pattern it too. If the order-topology shape gets boring we variate the order-topology sdhape too. In this way we can produce long duration music which is mesmerizing, healing, and full of dancing.  
A riff, that is all in a single chord, is usually a waving pattern, with initial and final notes sounding longer, and forming an interval of 3rd or 5th, and their complements. 

Example




Thursday, February 13, 2025

475. THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF BEBOP SCALES IN JAZZ

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdVXpCbsJQ&ab_channel=DanielWeiss


The general concept of a jazz bebop 8 notes bebop scales is by superimposing two well known scales, that differ by one note . E.g. C major+F major, or A natural minor+A harmonic minor etc.

The general concept of a jazz bebop 9 notes bebop scales is by superimposing two or more well known scales, that differ in total by 2 notes . E.g. G major+C major+F major, or A natural minor+A Double harmonic minor etc.


The general concept of a jazz bebop 10 notes bebop scales is by superimposing two or more well known scales, that differ in total by 3 notes . E.g. G major+C major+F major+ Bb major , or A natural minor+A Double harmonic minor + D natural minor etc.


By soloing on a bebop scacle we can improvise over the chords of all the constituent sb-scales of 7 notes.