Identify This Scale

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Not much to say, I was just fooling about on the Minour Pentatonic when I realised I was in Drop D, tried to fix it, then found this beauty.

Edit: I found it, it's A# Majour Pentatonic. Sorry :P

you really need some books

you also need to understand that even when you do not start a scale on the root its not really another scale -- even if its close to one of the modes it will probably be 1 note off from being an independent musical idea of the basic major or minor you are actually using :-)

I would also suggest you stay outta drop D for anything but rhythm playing until you have an intermediate understanding of standard tuning. Okay? You are messing up your head futzing around with a detuned string before you know what standard is all about.

this is the 2nd time you posted because you felt like you discovered one of the modes when you are really just playing a common scale in a different way than you already knew it.... want me to post some video lessons for you to youtube covering right hand techniques like vibrato as well as use of multi-octave scales to bridge different hand positions? Maybe I can make you some exercises that will show you how scales can move across hand positions and segue between a straight major or minor pentatonic into modes within a solo? Applicationa cross a set of chords will be up to you, but I can get you the tools to make some of these choices and to recognize all these itnervals by ear without referencing your hands....

I might be bale to cobble something together for you to practice and think about by the end of the week if you like... I'll make it a guitar figure that's musical and fun to play but it will contain a number of techniques and ideas to practice and consider!

but please do buy a book... I think I used "a modern method for guitar" pretty heavily to get me through as a novice soloist in jr high jazz band! but its been over 20 years so I could be wrong. It all seems more complicated than it really is. A willingness to practice the right things constantly while dissecting them and training your ear and hands to intuitively use the ideas contained in them will see you improve very quickly. Its a lot of work but its FUN work if you really love to play. I cannot believe I am offering to help someone get better free of charge, but becoming a dad has made me all avuncular to you young guys on EB who are just starting out. Plus someone has to make the guitar world a more musical place even if its 1 young gun at a time.

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G Bb D F G Bb C D F G Bb C

It's a G minor tonality - every note except the C is in a G min 7 chord, and you can consider the C an 11th of G minor or G dorian.

in other words Bb major, the C is the 9

yeah, essentially. I was thinking about this in the car this morning and realized "hey, that was just a g-minor pentatonic scale. LOL

or Bb major pentatonic (which the OP naively posted as A#)

ain't nuttin goin on there but those same old five tones we americans have always favored in our music, even some of our classical composers like Aaron Copeland

Narcy does this periodically. He needs a book.