. Compiling global examples of music in the Blues Minor Scale 1-b3-4-b5-5-b7 (C-Eb-F-Gb-G-Bb-C) o • • o • o o o • • o • o • Blues Minor: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Introduced to North Indian raga by Dhrupad vocalists Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Ritwik Sanyal as Raag […]
Blues Minor Scale: Examples
Insen Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Insen/Bairagi Scale 1-b2-4-5-b7 (C-Db-F-G-Bb-C) o o • • • o • o • • o • o • Insen/Bairagi: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Introduced to the Hindustani ragascape by Ravi Shankar in 1949 as as Raag Bairagi, via a article and composition […]
Boogie Woogie Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Boogie Woogie Scale 1-3-5-6-b7 (C-E-G-A-Bb-C) o • • • o • • o • o o • o • Boogie Woogie: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: This pentatonic scale form, based around a robust 1-3-5 major triad, turns up in various traditions. Most clearly, […]
Neapolitan Minor Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Neapolitan Minor Scale 1-b2-b3-4-5-b6-7 (C-Db-Eb-F-G-Ab-B-C) o o • o • o • o o • • o o • Neapolitan Minor: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Known in South Indian Carnatic music as Raga Dhenuka (mela #9), named for a legendary donkey-demon […]
Hungarian Major Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Hungarian Major Scale 1-#2-3-#4-5-6-b7 (C-D#-E-F#-G-A-Bb-C) o • • o o • o o • o o • o • Hungarian Major: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: —T (origin)— Artist (inst) Q • Hungarian Major: More • Features, classifiers, quirks, etc… [analysis: coming soon] […]
Harmonic Major Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Harmonic Major Scale 1-2-3-4-5-b6-7 (C-D-E-F-G-Ab-B-C) o • o • o o • o o • • o o • Harmonic Major: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Introduced to North Indian classical music by sitar icon Ravi Shankar, who titled his creation Nat […]
Superlocrian Diminished Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Superlocrian Diminished Scale 1-b2-b3-b4-b5-b6-bb7 (C-Db-Eb-Fb-Gb-Ab-Bbb) o o • o o • o • o o • • o • Superlocrian Diminished: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: —T (origin)— Artist (inst) Q • Superlocrian Diminished: More • Features, classifiers, quirks, etc… [analysis: coming […]
Lydian #2 Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Lydian #2 Scale 1-#2-3-#4-5-6-7 (C-D#-E-F#-G-A-B) o • • o o • o o • o • o o • Lydian #2: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: The sole Hindustani occurrence of the scale I can identify is sitarist Ravi Shankar’s aforementioned […]
Phrygian Dominant Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Phrygian Dominant Scale 1-b2-3-4-5-b6-b7 (C-Db-E-F-G-Ab-Bb) o o • • o o • o o • o • o • Phrygian Dominant: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: ROUGH: Apart from Vakulabharanam, its Carnatic precursor, and Hijaz-Nahawand, its maqam forerunner, Basant Mukhari’s tone-collection is known is […]
Dorian #4 Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Dorian #4 Scale 1-2-b3-#4-5-6-b7 (C-D-Eb-F#-G-A-Bb) o • o o • • o o • o o • o • Dorian #4: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Used regularly in South Indian Carnatic music as Hemavati (melakarta scale #58) – a name […]
Ionian Augmented Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Ionian Augmented Scale 1-2-3-4-#5-6-7 (C-D-E-F-G#-A-B) o • o • o o • • o o • o o • Ionian Augmented: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: —T (origin)— Artist (inst) Q • Ionian Augmented: More • Features, classifiers, quirks, etc… [analysis: coming […]
Locrian ♮6 Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Locrian ♮6 Scale 1-b2-b3-4-b5-6-b7 (C-Db-Eb-F-Gb-A-Bb) o o • o • o o • • o o • o • Locrian ♮6: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: India: Turns up in North India as the rare Hindustani Raag Laliteshwari, devised by Abhirang as a fusion […]
Harmonic Minor Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Harmonic Minor Scale 1-2-b3-4-5-b6-7 (C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B) o • o o • o • o o • • o o • Harmonic Minor: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Matches the form of the well-known Carnatic Ragam Keeravani (melakarta scale #21), popular amongst South […]
