. 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
Blues Minor Scale: Examples
. 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 […]
Hungarian Minor Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Hungarian Minor Scale 1-2-b3-#4-5-b6-7 (C-D-Eb-F#-G-Ab-B-C) o • o o • • o o o • • o o • Hungarian Minor: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Known in South India’s Carnatic traditions as Ragam Simhendramadhyamam (melakarta scale #57) – hailed by critic […]
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] […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aeolian b5 Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Aeolian b5 Scale 1-2-b3-4-b5-b6-b7 (C-D-Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb) o • o o • o o • o • o • o • Aeolian b5: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: —T (origin)— Artist (inst) Q • Aeolian b5: More • Features, classifiers, quirks, etc… [analysis: coming […]
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 […]
Lydian Augmented Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Lydian Augmented Scale 1-2-3-#4-#5-6-7 (C-D-E-F#-G#-A-B) o • o • o • o • o o • o o • Lydian Augmented: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: —T (origin)— Artist (inst) Q • Lydian Augmented: More • Features, classifiers, quirks, etc… A […]
Lydian Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Lydian Scale 1-2-3-#4-5-6-7 (C-D-E-F#-G-A-B) o • o • o • o o • o • o o • Lydian Scale: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Famous in North India as Kalyan thaat (one of Bhatkhande’s 10 ‘foundational scales’): with corresponding ragas […]
