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Compiling global examples of music in the Superlocrian Diminished Scale
1-b2-b3-b4-b5-b6-bb7
(C-Db-Eb-Fb-Gb-Ab-Bbb)
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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: Harmonic Minor set (Harmonic Minor; Locrian ♮6; Ionian Augmented; Dorian #4; Phrygian Dominant; Lydian #2; Superlocrian Diminished)
- Quirks: Hemitonic (imperfect: root, b3, b4; detached: root)
- Names: Superlocrian Diminished, Superlocrian bb7, Altered Diminished, ‘Mixolydian #1’ (Western) [n.b. violinist and ‘chroma-wheel’ aficionado Rafi Kharis pointed out that, really, this scale should be called the ‘Super-Duper-Locrian‘: I wholeheartedly agree that this is the best name!]
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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