Re: "A Train" whole tone scale

Ian M. Dilley ( (no email) )
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:32:14 +0100 (BST)

The melody just has an E and an Ab. I don't see how that necessarily
dictates a whole tone scale.

A few months ago someone on this list pointed out to me that you can
also use A melodic minor over this chord. I always hated that 2 bars
of whole tone scale. I found it hard to come up with anything
interesting. In fact I hated it so much that I used to use Ebm7 for
soloing over those 2 bars (not for the melody though). The melodic
minor is much better IMHO.

Ian Dilley

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> >*A* Train", which is D7(b5), this suggests a whole tone scale where BOTH =
> >b5 AND #5 are included
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> Isn't it really the melody that dictates the whole tone scale over this
> chord in this tune?
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> Michael D. Temple
> mdtemple@ix.netcom.com
> Birmingham, Alabama USA
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