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I go for a minor key. A minor 12 bar is nice, but I really go for the old Am-G-F-E7, or any of the countless variations of that for riffer madness. Even endless Am to F ala Cowgirl In The Sand I find inspiring.

well the dominant phrygian scale is my favorite, but there's really so few calls for it in modern music... so I generallystick to major and minor variations of the good 'ol pentatonic ... and some minor blues, but that scale honestly eludes me sometimes.

Gee, I just pray for two notes in a row in the right key.

sanshouheil wrote:Gee, I just pray for two notes in a row in the right key.

I have about a dozen current 'favorite' chord progressions - and no 2 are similar to each other . . .
Anything that is a favorite of mine gets boring in about 2 - 3 weeks; I need to move on to a few new progressions, or risk getting stale . . .

Don't know if I have a favorite chord progression, I think blues in general is what I like best, and good ol' raunch and roll of course, but my favorite thing is to try something I've never heard, especially in a style I'm not good at, like country or metal. Just to see if I can do it...even better if it's onstage and I'm on the line, under pressure, no idea what I'm going to do, I love it...

I've been thinking about this post for quite some time, & I think I may finally have an answer for you.

The chord progressions that I find most appealing are the unusual ones. They force the lead into uncharted territory. Grateful Dead & Phish music are good examples of this, for some reason, to me. They aren't your run-of-the-mill 12-bar blues or "stepping stone" up & down progressions. They can be rather challenging to the average guitarist. Same goes for much of the music by art rockers. They have definite melodies which pull the chord patterns in new directions, while being more open to harmonic interpretation for a better-than-average guitarist or any other instrumentalist. Jazz does this, too, obviously, & makes you think as you play, to find new patterns & link them together in more interesting ways to come up with newer melodies & harmonies to the original melodic lines within the confines of the chord structure.

This is also most appealing to me as a bassist, btw.

Sorry, call me boring..

Pentatonic major/minor.

That's all I need thus far.

Capt. Scott wrote:Sorry, call me boring..

Pentatonic major/minor.

That's all I need thus far.

I agree... about the pentatonic I mean, not the boring

I guess Im weird cause I dont think in terms of scales modes patterns I just play from my heart and let her rip!

For me its all about feel!

Yeah you play from the heart, but it's within a framework.

I.e. When you play football, you need to know where the OUT OF BOUNDS are.

The Pentatonic major/minor give you some very mild out of bounds type boundaries.

(As for boring, I've been called worse, far-far worse) lol

"Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story."

So when people get under my skin, they end up in the DULL/IGNORANT pile. lol

So speak the truth and say what you mean/mean what you say.
I hate white lies, they blow your mind.
Or is that White Lines? LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9usR6SviQAE This made me lol.

Um...Cap? You feeling okay?

I couldn't get through more than 1:27 of that!

LMAO

LMAO

Yeah sorry to dilute..

Capt. Scott wrote:Yeah you play from the heart, but it's within a framework.

I don't have a framework. I play 100% By ear/feel.

neanderpaul wrote:I don't have a framework. I play 100% By ear/feel.

Your key, chord patterns, & your time sigs are your framework. If you're playing outside of them, you're flooking up, Paul...