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reggae music question


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i've been listening to a lot of reggae stuff lately, mostly collections of more obsure bands. One of the tracks I was listening to had a great sound to it, so I looked up the instruments involved, and the solo was played by something called a "unity horn". Does anyone know what that would be. Also, what scales to reggae guitarists usually use to solo?

 

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1st question: no clue

 

2nd: pentatonic scales... both Major and minor (depending on the key), w/ blue notes or without. Also, just plain Major and minor scales, as well as the Dorian and Mixolydian modes.

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Well, if there's no unusual sounds on the track, maybe it's just a way of describing the instrument's role?

 

I'm thinking of Eno's pop records ("Another Green World", "Before & After Science" and all those). The instrument listings are full of obscure things such as "snake guitar", etc. Which turns out to be just a normal treated guitar playing a very sineous lead line.

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