Multiple scales in a song

Discussion in 'Tamil Guitar Tabs - Submit or Request' started by vjayabalan, Sep 8, 2016.

  1. vjayabalan

    vjayabalan New Member

    Hello lovely guitarists,

    I just started learning acoustic guitar...still mostly in the theory phase. Is it possible for a song to have chords from more than one scale? For example, I looked up the chords for a few Ilayaraaja songs and they are from more than one scale (I may be wrong).

    thanks,
    VJ
     
  2. guitarvijay

    guitarvijay Well-Known Member

    Hi VJ,
    Yes. To name a few songs:
    1. Kanne Kalaimaane, Poove Sempoove - Both of these are in D Minor scale but in between the songs, it will shift to D Majors scale (meaning you will have F# notes) and then return to D Minor.
    2. Enna Maa Kannu from Mr Bharath - Is in Em on Pallavi but shifts to E Major in Charanam.
    This is the beauty of IR's talent in such songs. There are many songs like this.
    Hope this helps.
    Cheers,
    Vijay
     

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