On Jul 3, 2007, at 3:07 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Harbie voices F# on E-7(b5). F# doesn't exist on E Locrian.
That's why
it sounds so cool, but one of a famous jazz schools started to call it
"Super Locrian". I have a problem with that, big time.
Are you sure that it is the locrian nat2 scale that is called
Superlocrian? I always thought that was another name for the altered
scale. In other words, the E locrian with an F# , but starting on F#,
would be F# superlocrian, playable over an F# altered dominant chord.
What school uses Superlocrian for the locrian nat2 scale?
If you play E Locrian scale with F# instead of F, you should
immediately
hear it is a C Mixo (#11) scale. To me, it is more logical to call a
chord name with derived chord scale, which is important for improviser
in improvisational music context. Do you not think?
I like to know what the parent scale is, too, but I think most
improvisors want to know the scale starting from the bass note. So
they would probably prefer to say E locrian nat2 (describing it as an
altered locrian scale) rather than Cmixo(#11) over E bass. I know you
cats over at New England Conservatory see things a little differently...
Christopher
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