What scale am i using?

[Manatopain]

Hey guys, i have gotten this really cool groove which uses these tones:
E, F#, G#, A, Bb, C# D

The tone im alittle bit insecure about is the D, because when i play it in a pattern on the E string, it sounds "misplaced", but when i use that note in a compination of ONLY those i mentioned above, it fits.

Could anybody tell me what scale this actually is?

Regards

[MalcolmAmos]

Originally Posted by Manatopain

Hey guys, i have gotten this really cool groove which uses these tones:
E, F#, G#, A, Bb, C# D

E Dominant 7th is as close as I can get
intervals: 1,2,3,4,5,6,b7
half-steps: 2-2-1-2-2-1-2
notes: E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,D

[MalcolmAmos]

Originally Posted by Manatopain

Hey guys, i have gotten this really cool groove which uses these tones:
E, F#, G#, A, Bb, C# D

Most of the time when you see sharps and flats in the same scale - with the phrase; "...this really cool groove" it's not going to fit into a specific scale.

E Dominant 7th is as close as I can get
intervals: 1,2,3,4,5,6,b7
half-steps: 2-2-1-2-2-1-2
notes: E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,D

Try here http://www.looknohands.com/chordhous.../index_rb.html or perhaps some one else can nail it for you.

[Manatopain]

thanks man, right on the spot, actually the Bb was miswritten, it should have been a B.

But thank you very much!

[Nashrakh]

Would also be interesting to know which note is the root. Is it really E?

[Manatopain]

im thinking too. Cause E is used in the pattern, but F# feels like the root, and that note is the one that everything kind of leads back too

[Schlyder]

A Major with a flat 2, or E Mixolydian with a flat 5.

Or to explain it another way.....

If you play a B natural instead of B flat, it will be A Major (E Mixolydian)

That's about the easiest way to think of it.

[Manatopain]

yep, just looked the same up, looks like the pattern is an E-Mixolydian http://www.angelfire.com/id/bass/major.html ~ http://jguitar.com/scale/E/Mixolydian

[Nashrakh]

If F# is the root, it's F# minor (aeolian mode).

[Jonathan1990]

I can't remember the name of the scale, but I do know it has been banned in most countries for it's sheer awesomeness. True story.

[SnakeKappele]

Since your Bb is really a B, it is A Major.

[Crazyeelboy]

I was disappointed to see the Bb turn to a B - Bb would be much more fun as a minor 2nd in A or a diminshed 5th in E (with a dominant 7). Can we bring back the Bb?

[StuFordBass]

is it not the second mode of melodic major?

[Nashrakh]

Originally Posted by SnakeKappele

Since your Bb is really a B, it is A Major.

If A is the root, maybe.

Hard to tell without knowing, just listing all possible scales won't really help, I'm afraid. Or at least not be as helpful.

[Crazyeelboy]

True, but I still want the Bb back...

[StuFordBass]

if the Bb is a B, and the root is actually F# nashrakh is right its F# natural minor (or aeolian)

[colcifer]

Altered. Also known as the diminished whole tone scale. The reason you guys where having trouble is that this isn't major scale harmony but rather melodic minor.

[Nashrakh]

Originally Posted by colcifer

The reason you guys where having trouble is that this isn't major scale harmony but rather melodic minor.

Wait, what. I don't see any trouble here, just sparse information leading to various stabs in the dark that could or could not be what he is looking for. Same goes for you.

[Samsound]

With the Bb could be called the Lynch Mode.

He's a huge fan of mixolydian with some flat fifths thrown in for good measure.

[slybass3000]

At first i thought it was a E Lydian Mixolydian but the A doesn't work. It is kind of weird like it is because of the 3 chromatic notes in a row. I don't know beside the Dominant Lydian.