Moving From The Familiar to The Unfamiliar - Alternate View
(13 May 03)
Speaking in Tongues
So here I'll re-post the first post from 'Speaking in Tongues' to illustrate this concept. I have used the roman numerals to indicate the scale degrees in a de-referenced way (without reference to a particular key).
To Summarize:
To move up to the root in the left column, sharp/raise the scale degees listed on the right.
Cycle 5:
P5(-P4),#4
M2(-m7),#4 #1
M6(-m3),#4 #1 #5
M3(-m6),#4 #1 #5 #2
M7(-m2),#4 #1 #5 #2 #6
A4(-D5),#4 #1 #5 #2 #6 #3
m2(-M7),#4 #1 #5 #2 #6 #3 #7
To move up to the root in the left column, flat/lower the scale degees listed on the right.
Cycle 4:
P4(-P5), b7
m7(-M2), b7 b3
m3(-M6), b7 b3 b6
m6(-M3), b7 b3 b6 b2
m2(-M7), b7 b3 b6 b2 b5
d5(-A4), b7 b3 b6 b2 b5 b1
M7(-m2), b7 b3 b6 b2 b5 b1 b4
Patterns in C major should be learned first. This is exactly like learning the white keys of a piano.
For each of these patterns the scale degrees should be memorized.
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