the second and fourth note, or the third and fifth note, etc.) are separated by a major or minor third, i.e. I don't have a guitar in front of me, so I can't be sure.Īs far as actual keys, I've always thought of C minor, C# minor and F minor as the darker keys but on guitar, I always go back to E minor and B minor. Like the familiar major, melodic minor, and harmonic minor scales, the harmonic major scale has the diatonic thirds property, which means that the interval between notes two steps apart (e.g. George Lynch has what he calls the gothic octave which has some third intervals and some chromatic steps, kind of like this: So the Locrian scale is the saddest/darkest mode, because it has 5 flats: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7. The more flat notes there are in the formula of the mode, the darker it sounds. It's in a Major key, so it should be happy, but I've always thought of that movement as autumn slightly peaking through in an otherwise dreary winter, but autumn is sad that she isn't really there anymore. ME, LE, and TE are pronounced may, lay, and tay, respectively. There is a general principle used to describe the intensity of a mode. The largo of Vivaldi's Winter would be a good example. Usually scales aren't very sad sounding, but they can have a mournful type of quality, or maybe pastoral is a better word. Well, E minor and E harmonic minor have worked for metal for a LONG time! A lot of the Malmsteen stuff uses the E harmonic minor scale.
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