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→Using Chromatics
Other popular scales to borrow from are the whole tone and octatonic scales. These scales are also highly symmetric and have weak tonicity.
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E-----------------------------
B--------------------------1--
G------0-----------------0----
D----2---4-2-0---------2------
A--3-----------3-1---3--------
E------------------4----------
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E------------------------- B----------------------1-- G---B---0-------------0---- D----2---4-2-0-----2------ A--3-----------3-1-------- E-G------0------------------ |---------| E------------------------- B----------------------1-- G------0-------------0---- D----2---4-2-1-------2------ A--3-----------4-3-1-------- E---------------------------
Blues is popular for its use of ''blue notes'' - the flatted 3rd, 5th, and 7th. These can either be added to or replace the corresponding notes of the major scale.
Another common use of chromatics is to play the 3rd from the parallel major or minor over power chords. Since power chords contain only root and fifth, either the major or minor third will sound harmonious over it. Usually, one of these will be diatonic to the current key. Playing the other can sound "outside" and exotic but without sounding dissonant and confusing.
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== Moving around the Fretboard ==