Re: the Allman Brothers's Scale

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alciere@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<<  Not a blues scale. Not a blues pentatonic scale. Turns out they're 
 playing the Irish pentatonic scale A,B,C#,E,F#. On the diatonic this scale 
 can be played in 2nd position, but it's different than the blues 2nd 
 position.There's only one bend. 
 
 1D 2B 2D 3Dbb 3D 4D 5B 6B 6D 7D 8B 8D 9B 10D   >>

lots of sothern rockers have used this scale, but so have many 
others...springsteen, thin lizzy, elvis costello.  
it's also the bass line intro to the temptations' classic "my girl".  i play 
this every so often for practice, and try and see how many positions i can 
play it in.  besides second, the scale sits pretty well in other positions 
for at least one octave...first, third, and twelfth for sure.  fourth and 
fifth, too.  throw in an overdraw or overblow, and you get a couple of usable 
octaves.

steven j gatorman