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This was a little more challenging than I thought, although I am very familiar with most of these scales, it was awkward consciously limiting myself to the available tones and those only...for the most part the use scales in my writing is either unconscious or a starting point for ideas, where I can alter notes that follow and stuff...here's some little descriptions I made for each scale excercise
Pentatonic Scale (Five-note)
Ok I know pentatonics pretty well, both major and minor/blues...did a major pentatonic but I used it in two keys, felt like doing that and I don't know if you will either be more impressed or was looking for just one key
Whole-Tone Scale (Six-note)
Know the whole tone too, and as after I started inmprovising around with it I realized I was swinging my eigths and starting to sound like Eric Dolphy
Octatonic Scale (Eight-note)
This one was the hardest, and eventually I ended up with a melody that vaguely suggested a couple tonalities at points, but used some of the scale's oddball pitches to throw them off
Chromatic
Just an 16th note atonal stream, I just loved the effect of that
Mode (Dorian)
Fooled with the melody and realized I was suggesting more of a modulating phrase, fitting in the not yet mentioned notes in the modulation, but I fixed it up a bit (decided to introduce the G natural sooner and more often)
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