Chords and harmony

Quick Songwriting Ideas – Interesting scales

Stuck for an idea? Need something to get the juices flowing?

One way to find new songwriting ideas is to use a scale you’re not familiar with:

1. You could try a Japanese pentatonic scale eg. ABCEF.

2.You could use the dimished scale E F#G A Bb C C# D# E (as the lead guitar does at the beginning of Radiohead’s Just).

3. You could use the whole tone scale eg. E F# G# Bb C D

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