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Chapter 10 - Exotic Scales

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FORMULAS

The chart below shows the names of the some of the most popular EXOTIC scales, the formula (in comparison to the Ionian mode).

NAME DEGREES
Arabian 1, 2, b3, 4, b5, b6, 6, 7
Balinese 1, b2, b3, 5, b6
Chinese 1, 3, #4, 5, 7
Composite 1, b2, b3, 3, #4, 5, b6, b7
Egyptian 1, 2, 4, 5, b7
Enigmatic 1, b2, 3, #4, #5, #6, 7
Hinduston 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7
Hungarian 1, #2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7
Hungarian gypsy 1, 2, b3, #4, 5, b6, b7
Japanese 1, b2, 4, 5, b6
Neapolitan major 1, b2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Neapolitan minor 1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7
Oriental 1, b2, 3, 4, b5, 6, b7
Overtone 1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7
Pelog 1, b2, b3, 5, b6
Persian 1, b2, 3, 4, b5, b6, 7
Romanian 1, 2, b3, #4, 5, 6, b7
Scribian 1, b2, 3, 5, 6
Symmetrical 1, b2, b3, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7

These scales make great mood changes. The first degree mode of each of these scales are the most popular. Like the entire major scale each of these scales has individual modes.

The next few pages contain illustrated examples of some of the scale from the chart above.

 

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