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Danny Poole · 12-06-2006

Hi Gizmo, below are 2 diagrams, the top one is showing all the notes used in the 1st part of the solo and the 2nd one is show all the notes used in the end of the solo (this is the part you are using the harmoniser on.

The "O's" represents all the notes in the B minor scale and the "X's" represent all the notes that are in the solo but outside the B minor scale.

||---|---|---|---|---|---|-O-|---|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|---|-O-|-X-|-O-|---|-O-|---|---
||---|---|---|---|---|---|-O-|-O-|-X-|-O-|-X-|-O-|-X-|-O-|-O-|-X-|-O-|---|-O-|---|---
||---|---|-X-|-O-|---|-O-|-O-|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|---|---|--
||---|---|---|---|---|---|-O-|-X-|-O-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--
||---|---|---|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---

...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9..10..11..12.. 13..14..15..16..17..18..19..20

You can see that if you used a harmoniser on the parts below the solo wouldn't work because there are too many notes outside the B minor scale, and the harmoniser would only play notes inside the scale. I tried the same thing with my harmoniser and soon realized it couldn't be done because of this reason.

This end part of the solo folows the chord patterns rather than the scale, and the chord pattern goes outside the key of B minor. These are the chords you can use in the key of B minor: Bm, C#dim, D, Em, F#m, G, A and the simplified chords used in Hotel California are: Bm, F#7, A, E, G, D, Em. You can see that the F#7 and E go outside the key and I think you'll find this is also where the notes in the solo go outside the scale.

end part of the solo
||---|---|-O-|---|-O-|-X-|-O-|---|-O-|-O-|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|-O-|---|-O-
||---|---|---|---|-O-|---|-O-|-O-|-X-|-O-|-X-|-O-|---|-O-|-O-|---|---|---
||---|---|---|-O-|---|-0-|-O-|---|-O-|---|-O-|-O-|-X-|-O-|-X-|-O-|---|---
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---

...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9..10..11..12.. 13..14..15..16..17..18

12-06-2006	#8
Danny Poole Administrator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Townsville, Australia. Age: 36 Posts: 2,357 Rep Power: 10	Hi Gizmo, below are 2 diagrams, the top one is showing all the notes used in the 1st part of the solo and the 2nd one is show all the notes used in the end of the solo (this is the part you are using the harmoniser on. The "O's" represents all the notes in the B minor scale and the "X's" represent all the notes that are in the solo but outside the B minor scale. \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|---\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|-O-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|---\|---\|-- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|-- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|--- ...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9..10..11..12.. 13..14..15..16..17..18..19..20 You can see that if you used a harmoniser on the parts below the solo wouldn't work because there are too many notes outside the B minor scale, and the harmoniser would only play notes inside the scale. I tried the same thing with my harmoniser and soon realized it couldn't be done because of this reason. This end part of the solo folows the chord patterns rather than the scale, and the chord pattern goes outside the key of B minor. These are the chords you can use in the key of B minor: Bm, C#dim, D, Em, F#m, G, A and the simplified chords used in Hotel California are: Bm, F#7, A, E, G, D, Em. You can see that the F#7 and E go outside the key and I think you'll find this is also where the notes in the solo go outside the scale. end part of the solo \|\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|-O-\|---\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|---\|-O-\|---\|-0-\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|---\|-O-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|-X-\|-O-\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|--- \|\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|--- ...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9..10..11..12.. 13..14..15..16..17..18 __________________ Remember, If it was meant to be easy everybody would be a great guitarist.