. 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 […]
Neapolitan Minor Scale: Examples
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 […]
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 […]
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— […]
Double Harmonic Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Double Harmonic Scale 1-b2-3-4-5-b6-7 (C-Db-E-F-G-Ab-B-C) o o • • o o • o o • • o o • Double Harmonic: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Known in North India as Raag Bhairav, a famous, auspicious morning raga named after ‘Bhaya-Rava‘, an apocalyptic […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Major Scale: Examples
. Compiling global examples of music in the Major (‘Ionian’) Scale 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) o • o • o o • o • o • o o • Major Scale: Sounds • Real-world examples of the scale in action: General: India: Matches the shape of North India’s Bilawal thaat (one of Bhatkhande’s 10 ‘foundational scales’) – […]
