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From: Ed Roseman edly@edly.com Subject: Q&A

My name is Len, and I'm an electric bassist. Anyway, I have an bass scale encyclopedia of sorts..and in it I ran across 'Ionian Flat Sixth' scales, it shows the scales but there is no word whatsoever on pratical usage(how/when/why). Any ideas? As it is, I just write out the scales, and try to apply it either on my four string or my six string bass. My main musical interest is more on the jazz side of things.

Any feedback on this would be appreciated.

Thanks....Len.

Quickie answer: First thing that comes to mind would be a I ivm progression, such as C to Fm. C Ionian b6 would come right to mind, as would C Mixolydian b6 (which, by the way, could also be thought of as C Aeolian natural 3).

Edly