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Originally Posted by ButchP  Just to clarify:
pentatonic scales have 5 notes(penta means five ...tonic means tone or note)
the most common scale is the major scale which has 7 notes.Lydian is the mode thats root is the 4th note of a major scale.It is used as a substitute for a major scale in jazz frequently(and sounds great in rock also!).
IMO the scale that "dominated"what poor black people did 100 years ago has little to do with emotion.
Pink Floyd uses diminished triads and minor 7th b5 (half diminished 7th) chords....so did poor black people a 100 years ago....
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The major and minor are the same scale, just apllied to different keys. Floyd only used those chords on intros and little fills, basically starting w dogs(god strike me, I'm probably wrong). We are talking about basic song writing here. All Avril Lavigne/ Spears/ and all other modern music is all tightly in the blues scale. Even though those chords were used, gilmour solos were very blues scale based- not the traditional jazz method of changing his soloing scale to match those chord specifications. Blues came from poor people putting strings on sticks, and discovering how much more emotion simplicity and solos bring , rather than unified jazz sounds. Its called music "theory" , because all approachs are subjective- we could argue the details for months from our own experiences. All I'm saying is, to make great music- you can not approach from a mathmatecal point of view. Its just impossible. The devil is in the details- hear it before you try to create it!! IMO IMO IMO