C6 Scales, Arpegios, Smell What I'm Steppin' In?

Wayne Baker · Post by **Wayne Baker** » 25 Dec 2003 8:01 am

Hey guys, C6th, its sounds alot like a perfect version of a LesPaul with its fat chords and can played like good Jazz Piano. Do we ever use common scale patterns like pentatonic, Diatonic type stuff? I have asked this of E9th before, but seems like it would fit C6th more. Whatcha' think?

Thanks in advance,
Wayne Baker

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 25 Dec 2003 8:32 am

All scales are valid if they fit in around or over the chords you have to play with.

Wayne Baker · Post by **Wayne Baker** » 25 Dec 2003 8:36 am

David, thanks for the reply. I realize we "MAY" use any note that is within the scale, but as a C6th beginner, I guess I was wondering if we ever "DO" use them in these types of patterns.

v/r

Wayne Baker <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Wayne Baker on 25 December 2003 at 08:46 AM.]</p></FONT>

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 25 Dec 2003 9:43 am

Wayne,

Hal Rugg, Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin and others have always done JUST as you say. They will play various scale modes perfectly. The C6 neck lends itself to this as few other tunings ever could IMO on the PSG.

May Jesus continue to nurture their awesome talents, and may he bless all of you always,

carl

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 25 Dec 2003 1:40 pm

Yes, what carl said.
All you need to do is learn a scale and be able to play it in varipous positions, when you have it will always be there waiting to be used.

But more often than not it is playing forward and backward moving arpegios a few notes forward or backward, a few less the other direction, several more forward etc.

I am still working on scales, not as much as I should. But Carl's examples Are right on, and I will add Doug Jernigan and Jim Cohen as current players doing this also.