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CHAPTER 1
FIGURE #1 and FIGURE #2 Explanation
The major scales (at the esquematic and pictorial diagram, for figures # 1 and #2, I am using the C major scale) have an armature and that armature is the source of the minor seven scale, the major seven scale, the minor scale, the diminished scale, and indeed the basic major scale as well.
As well as the chord, as well as the scale; each major scale has intrinsically the minor seven, the major seven, the diminished, and the minor scales. Logically, covering the whole and complete set of armonic chords and scales.
Wrong foundation was the reason of this misconception, which was like a cloud hidden the true.
As everything is clear now; no difficulty or clouds could arouse in the mind of the musician. In the next chapters, you just will see examples of how to improve and enjoy with your instrument, trumpet, piano, flute, etc.
How easy is to get any harmony or harmony scale in the course of your playing, is already in your hands. When you see figure #1 and figure #2, further explanations are not needed.
However, to show you more clarity about, I decided to enlighten more your vision making figure #3. Which show you, hence all the panoramic view of all the harmony chords, and indeed the scales.
Figure # 3
Now, at figure number three, we have all the major scales with all its own relatives. From that we can establish a universal law – The armature is not only applied to the major scale, but to all its relatives, the minor scale, the minor seven scale, the major seven scale, and the diminished scale.
Therefore, figure #3 shows you the panoramic view of all the scales. At the next chapters, I just show you what anybody can do, at your own common sense.
THE MINOR SCALE
The major scale is the roof (as we can see in figure # 1) of the minor scale. In other words for each major scale we will have a minor scale. If we use C major as a first example, then we will have a formula for the rest of the major scales and its relative the minor scale.
The formula should be simple, and of course "the shortest way", then as you see the example here, two steps down (and you can run the minor scale, in this case from C major, the A minor scale)
Therefore, see it clearly, you will do this mentally. From the minor scale you are looking for, you must go 1 and half step to find the armature you need to play that easily.
One more example, in the course of my playing, I must step to Eb minor. Therefore, at the speed of mind, I just flow one and half step up to Gb major which have the armature I need. Easy and this is done at the speed of mind.
The major scales are easy to learn; so, in the same way are the rest of the armonic chords.
THE MINOR SEVEN SCALE
Again, the minor seven scale and or chord is given by the major scale (as we see in figure #1).
The formula is then easy to define, from the first grade of the major scale, one step up, and you are to identify the minor seven scale. In other words, if you need to move on D minor seven from D logically you go one step down, and of course C as major scale has the armature and is the root cause of D minor seven.
Let see the example B, at page 9, I must do my playing on C minor 7, C-7, now we have an understanding that if I flow one step down to Bb major, then we immediately have the armature for moving on C-7 (Bb major has in the armature only two flat B flat and E flat, "Bb and Eb"
What I need to move on Do minor 7 is the armature. Also, now, we understand that C-7 is relative to Bb major and not to C major.
THE MAJOR SEVEN SCALE AND OR CHORD
The major seven scale; cause is a scale and not only a chord, is given also by the major scale. The fifth grade of the major scale is the major seven scale. At figure #1. We have the basic example for C major (Do major). Which fifth grade is G, a scale form G to G (going up or down) and been in C major armature make G major seven scale and or chord.
So therefore, now the formula to get that at the speed of mind is at your on will. To me when I'm playing (first, let's do with C major). If I need G major seven (figure #1), then I go from G two and half step to C (1+1+1/2) and indeed C as major scale (Do major) has the key or armature to go easy on G major seven. Let's see some practical examples:
Whenever in need of finding any major seven scale, the ways are all in your bands now. If the major seven scale is the fifth grade of a particular major scale, then you just use your understanding to make it easy at you own will. Let it talk better with an example.
Let it go for Bb major 7, I go up two and half step, from Bb to Eb (Bb, C, D, Eb). Assuming, Eb as the major scale root cause of Bb major seven, (Eb, F, G, Ab, Eb, D, D, Eb, .....) you get the complete vision of the scale to play Bb7, and without impediment (Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, .....)
All of these will be done at the speed of mind.
THE DIMINISHED SCALE (AND OR CHORD)
A very interesting scale, now we can see where it came from more clearly. From the seven grade of every major scale, we can get the diminished scale.
The formula or equation is quite clear for the mind at the time of playing. Normally, we look for the scale or chord that is unknown, therefore, knowing that the seven grade of any major scale, is where the diminished scale start, then going half step up (+ 1/2) and we are at the major scale and root cause of the diminished scale.
Let us see for Eo (E [empty set]), from E; I go (+½) to F, so I F as the major scale and root cause of E [empty set] = E, F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E ... [??]
CONCLUSION
When is about music things might look complicated. This book is the teaching of the armonic chords as scales and how you can get any and all of them at the speed of mind or at the moment or playing the instrument.
To make it simple and easy to understand immediately, and even for nonprofessional musician, I developed each figure in order to save hundreds of words (Figures # 1, #2, #3, #4, and #5). The figures speak by itself, and consequently remove any misconception.
In conclusion, the major scale is the root cause of all the armonic chords and, or scales (minor, minor seven, major seven, and diminished chord or scale).
Now you can build a melody stepping righteously over the chord whether if the chord might ask you for a variation at the fifth grade or else (like C7 5b, Do major seven fifth grade flat) and within a second.
Enjoy Music!
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