Using neutral thirds and sevenths in rock

This evening at practice I tuned the F and C on my keyboards up 50 cents and played most of the songs like that. Nobody complained about wrong notes. I used this in solos, especially in the key of D. I tried to write a song based on the scale:

D E F+ G A B C+ D (+ = half sharp)

with little success -- yet.

How would a tuning like this, a Western bastardization of maqam rast, work in pop/rock/r&b/jazz?

--- In tuning@y..., "Danny Wier" <dawier@y...> wrote:
> This evening at practice I tuned the F and C on my keyboards up 50
cents and played most of the songs like that. Nobody complained
about wrong notes. I used this in solos, especially in the key of
D. I tried to write a song based on the scale:
>
> D E F+ G A B C+ D (+ = half sharp)
>
> with little success -- yet.
>
> How would a tuning like this, a Western bastardization of maqam
rast, work in pop/rock/r&b/jazz?

Not very well, I'd have to say, unless you're specifically going for
an "Arabic" or "out" effect . . . I'm surprised nobody complained!