recommend me some haunting melodies!

[Pacman]

Originally Posted by DudeistMonk

Yeah I didn't know what to call it, since if I kept stacking minor 3rds it would just repeat itself an octave higher, and since he called it a scale. I haven't gotten too deep into augmented and diminished chords theory wise, I know they exist and how to form them, didn't know the fingerings either (as you can clearly see). While we are on the topic, what scale would I pair with this arpeggio?

...It does sound eerie though.

You can use one of two diminished scales with this chord. The first is the whole/half diminished scale, constructed by playing the root followed by whole step, half step, whole step, half step, until you get back to the root. The other is (surprise!) the half/whole diminished. Use the same method, only reverse the order (root, half, whole, half, whole, etc).

[HaVIC5]

Originally Posted by DudeistMonk

Yeah I didn't know what to call it, since if I kept stacking minor 3rds it would just repeat itself an octave higher, and since he called it a scale. I haven't gotten too deep into augmented and diminished chords theory wise, I know they exist and how to form them, didn't know the fingerings either (as you can clearly see). While we are on the topic, what scale would I pair with this arpeggio?

...It does sound eerie though.

The octatonic scale, otherwise known as the diminished scale. Alternating half steps and whole steps. You actually have two of them, the WH diminished and the HW diminished. Really tough to get the feel of them under your fingers, however.

[mellowgerman]

jefferson airplane's version of "wooden ships"
hot tuna's version of "death don't have no mercy" (especially if you can find the live one with papa john creech on the fiddle)

[DudeistMonk]

Thanks Pacman and Havic5

[bl2112]

Anything from the first 3 sabbath albums or Dehumanizer. Theres also Sabatoge which has some real evil riffs.

[dwanetom]

Thelonius Monk's "Round Midnight"

[projectMalamute]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgl8H...eature=related

[Jimbob Jones]

"Jed's Other Poem" - Grandaddy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxe40xXQKko

play around with minor thirds and semitone jumps, that usually sounds pretty discordant and spooky, i like: (played on any string)

---1-3-4-1-0-

kind of a classic "monster-climbing-up-the-stairs-in-a-black-and-white-horror-movie" sound

hope that helps!