Expeeriemental

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Expeeriemental

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Hello there!!

I've been experimenting with a strange scale, which is the whole tone scale, but without the 5th.

I thought it might be worthy of publishing on NG!

It's an improvisation that I touched up very slightly. I hope you somewhat enjoy this eerie vibe!

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OVERSCORE

2025-04-27 23:53:54

I’ve never heard a song in a scale like this, I love the tantalizing tension it creates throughout the whole song. It always resolves in the most curious ways too, which only adds to the mystique. Truly wonderful piece!

Solacitude responds:

Thank you very much! It truly resolves in weird ways! :) This scale doesn't include many typical chords to play! It was a pretty interesting exercise that forced me out of my comfort zone, but I really would like to include that kind of sound in some compositions in the future

50Steaks

2025-02-14 08:52:56

A short little piece this time. It’s interesting how there’s tension and release in a whole tone piece like this, done solely through expression and nothing else. Reminds me of Ives’ whole tone pieces in that sense. And it’s cool to see you try new scales and stuff instead of sticking to major or minor. Honestly I’d love to hear your take on Phrygian or Lydian next.

Solacitude responds:

It was quite a challenge to come up with something, I was playing around improvising with this scale and ended up recording a couple somewhat "good" takes so I decided to put it here. No 5th and no semi tones makes for a bit of a difficult time, completely out of my comfort zone.

This mode gives very little opportunities to resolve or to develop ideas into something that I would deem more "easy listening". Though it's a very interesting exercise! At first I though I was playing with the mystic scale, but then figured the note A is part of it as well acting as 5th note of the scale.... Which I don't use in there. So in the end I'm not sure how to call this, maybe pentatonic whole tone scale ^^ It creates interesting sound I think that would fit quite well in some instances to evoke mystery, unsettling feeling. I might use it at some point, with parsimony, in more regular compositions too. Next time I'll try to go for a more complex and full, proper piece, with normal keys/scales.

I might explore Phrygian and Lydian modes a little bit more too! I often find myself going back to the good old Ionian/Aeolian.

Thank you for passing by and leaving a review! ^^