scales!

paulywally Joined: Dec 04, 2006 Posts: 3	Posted on Dec 29 2006 10:54 PM hey everyone. do any of you know what scales surf guitarists favor? i know dick dale does a lot of that hungarian...eastern european and middle easternish sounding stuff, but thats easy to figure out. what do others use? just basic major scale stuff? also! do any of you know what scales hawaiian guitarists use? and i dont mean slack key and any of those wahine tunings. i mean just regular tuning scales. if any of you know that would be cool! thanks! Top
Anonymous Joined: Nov 10, 2000 Posts: -180	Posted on Jan 05 2007 05:12 PM scales? are you gonna weigh something? how much does surf weigh? oh, i see what you mean. kinda nutty around here. it would be cool if some of us knew surf scales Top
DannySnyder Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11079 Berkeley, CA	Posted on Jan 05 2007 05:21 PM For trad surf you covered it; DD style eastern scale, or straight ahead major/minor/pentatonic. Once you go beyond that you start heading into more progressive styles of surf ala Mermen or Pollo etc... which requires a deft touch to successfully pull off. — Danny Snyder "With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF Top
WR Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands	Posted on Jan 06 2007 03:39 AM paulywally do any of you know what scales hawaiian guitarists use? and i dont mean slack key and any of those wahine tunings. i mean just regular tuning scales. Ive used a minor 6th chord and push wammy before stroking and then let the wammy come up in our song "Makaha Paddle Steal". it's on our myspace, see sig. that's about as hawaiian sounding as I can get - which is not a lot admittedly. more "cheap and easy get the effect" scales: "DD" (A Bb C# D E F G# A) and harmonic minor (A B C D E F G# A) for gypsy/eastern sounding minor with #4 (!) and #6(so a whole 6 that is) for Indian sound (use drone) (A B C D# E F# G A) (Im pretty sure phantom frank riffs in this a lot) minor raised 6 no 3th for Irish sound (A B D E F# G A) last two actually sound better in D.... rhythm's everything too. WR — Rules to live by #314: "When in Italy, if the menu says something's grilled, don't assume it is." https://www.facebook.com/The-Malbehavers-286429584796173/ Top

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