Featured Discussions - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T13:50:31Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/ChinaCBGs/forum/topic/list?feed=yes&xn_auth=no&featured=1Chinese Pentatonic Scales... Let's build a CBG with Chinese scale(s)tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2011-01-08:2592684:Topic:4145532011-01-08T07:31:25.039ZRand Moorehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/RandMoore
<p>Hi Everyone.</p>
<p>Recently I have become interested in <strong>pentatonic scales</strong>. This interest came about after modifying one of my 2-stringer CBGs so it would become a chromatically fretted instruments. The original frets were white tie-wraps, and for the new frets (for all the accidental notes (i.e. sharps& flats)) I used black tie-wraps, producing an instrument with color coded frets (white for naturals and black for accidentals, just like piano keys). I did this because I…</p>
<p>Hi Everyone.</p>
<p>Recently I have become interested in <strong>pentatonic scales</strong>. This interest came about after modifying one of my 2-stringer CBGs so it would become a chromatically fretted instruments. The original frets were white tie-wraps, and for the new frets (for all the accidental notes (i.e. sharps& flats)) I used black tie-wraps, producing an instrument with color coded frets (white for naturals and black for accidentals, just like piano keys). I did this because I wanted to learn the chromatic fretboard better. But, in experimenting with the instrument, I found that playing just the black frets produced tunes that sounded very oriental. This effect was also due in part to my use of nylon strings (actually Aquilla Nylgut) instead of steal strings and metal frets. </p>
<p>Recognizing that the Chinese also had several pentatonic scales of their own, I thought that making a CBG with a Chinese pentatonic scale might be something that Chinese people would be interested in. So, I have been researching the topic on the Internet and came across this very interesting site entitled "<a href="http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/Cathay_Cafe/G_tar.html" target="_blank">The Theory Behind Chinese Music</a>". This seems like a pretty appropriate topic for this discussion group, so let's explore this together.</p>
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<p>-Rand.</p>