mp_mccarthy
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Hello all, I am just wondering if someone can help me understand the idea of scale families. I think I am referring to grouping major and minor etc. scales based on a common key signature.
The reason I ask is that I have been diligently learning my scales and am able to go through major, dorian, harmonic minor, pentatonics, blues in all keys. This has been a great starting point and helped me discipline practice sessions. However, I am now finding as I am learning new scales it's hard to keep track and although can see the relationships between various different keys and scales am having a hard time really getting it into my head.
Hence my question; is there a method to group scales into families that will help learn their relationships and how they may be used within a given key signature?
The reason I ask is that I have been diligently learning my scales and am able to go through major, dorian, harmonic minor, pentatonics, blues in all keys. This has been a great starting point and helped me discipline practice sessions. However, I am now finding as I am learning new scales it's hard to keep track and although can see the relationships between various different keys and scales am having a hard time really getting it into my head.
Hence my question; is there a method to group scales into families that will help learn their relationships and how they may be used within a given key signature?