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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 […]

 

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Neapolitan Major Scale: Examples

. Compiling global examples of music in the Neapolitan Major Scale 1-b2-b3-4-5-6-7 (C-Db-Eb-F-G-A-B-C) o o • o • o • o • o • o o • Neapolitan Major: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General:  India: Performed in South India as Raga Kokilapriya (mela #11) – with the title translating literally as […]

 

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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 […]

 

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Melodic Minor Scale: Examples

. Compiling global examples of music in the Melodic Minor Scale 1-2-b3-4-5-6-7 (C-D-Eb-F-G-A-B) o • o o • o • o • o • o o • Melodic Minor: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General:  India: Known in North India as Patdeep, a raga thought to have evolved from the Dorian-congruent […]