bubblehouse

It's been two days since I returned from Camp MMW, and I still feel like I haven't returned to reality yet. The experience was kind of like joining Fight Club — everything at work has had the volume turned down.

When I was first accepted, I wasn't really sure I was going to go. I had been amassing a decent-sized pile of debt, and I wasn't sure if it would be wise to get that much deeper, but conversations with friends and family convinced me that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and besides, "when was the last time you took a vacation?"

Begin with this basic graphical pattern:

e---------
B------o--
G----o----
D--o------
A---------
E---------

Play the pattern repeatedly, increasing by one half-step each time.

e---------------------------
B------5-----6-----7-----8--
G----4-----5-----6-----7----
D--3-----4-----5-----6------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

Once you are able to play it all over the fretboard, start concentrating on picking technique.

Top Row:

Ernie Ball VP Jr., Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+, Dunlop Crybaby, Sovtek Big Muff Pi, Boss Metal Zone

Bottom Row:

Boss Loopstation XL-20, Boss Digital Delay DD-3, Analogman King of Tone, Analogman Bi-Comprossor, Boss Octave OC-3

I've been working with the dimished scale lately, and I thought it might be a good idea to document how I wrap my mind around it.

First off, let's start with a diagram of a diminished scale:

The black dots represent the chord itself, while the grey dots are alternate locations to play notes of the chord. As far as fret numberings go, if you wished to play the Bb diminished scale, you would start by placing that first note at Bb, or the sixth fret. However, due to the "overlapping" nature of the diminished scale, you would also simultaneously be playing in the D, F, and Ab diminished scales.