. Compiling global examples of music in the Whole-Tone Scale 1-2-3-#4-b6-b7 (C-D-E-F#-Ab-Bb-C) o • o • o • o • o • o • o • Whole-Tone: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: While the scale is rarely used as the tone-set for an entire piece, it does form a prominent part […]
Whole-Tone Scale: Examples
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, […]
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 […]
Enigmatic Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Enigmatic Scale 1-b2-3-#4-#5-#6-7 (C-Db-E-F#-G#-A#-B-C) o o • • o • o • o • o o o • Enigmatic: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: —T (origin)— Artist (inst) Q • Enigmatic: More • Features, classifiers, quirks, etc… [analysis: coming soon] —Classifiers & Quirks— […]
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 […]
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 […]
Superlocrian Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Superlocrian (‘Altered’) Scale 1-b2-b3-b4-b5-b6-b7 (C-Db-Eb-Fb-Gb-Ab-Bb) o o • o o • o • o • o • o • Superlocrian: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Matches the scale of the Hindustani Raag Faridi Todi, an ultra-rare variant of the ‘main’ Raag Todi […]
Lydian Dominant Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Lydian Dominant (‘Overtone’) Scale 1-2-3-#4-5-6-b7 (C-D-E-F#-G-A-Bb) o • o • o • o o • o o • o • Lydian Dominant: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: The scale turns up across disparate global genres, ranging from rock instrumentals (Joe Satriani’s Flying […]
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 […]
