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Compiling global examples of music in the Aeolian b5 Scale
1-2-b3-4-b5-b6-b7
(C-D-Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb)
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Real-world examples of the scale in action:
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Features, classifiers, quirks, etc…
[analysis: coming soon]
—Classifiers & Quirks—
- Modes: Melodic Minor set (Melodic Minor; Dorian b2; Lydian Augmented; Lydian Dominant; Mixolydian b6; Aeolian b5; Superlocrian)
- Quirks: Hemitonic; Maximal; Reflectional sym. (imperfect: root, ♮2, b5; detached: ♮2, b5)
- Names: Aeolian b5, ‘Locrian Minor’, ‘Half-Diminished’ (Western)
n.b. For more detailed geometric and mathematical analysis, refer to this scale’s entry in Ian Ring’s fantastic Exciting Universe of Music Theory project (for which I am an occasional ‘raga consultant’)
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