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  2. Harmonic minor scale - Wikipedia

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    The harmonic minor scale (or Aeolian ♮7 scale) is a musical scale derived from the natural minor scale, with the minor seventh degree raised by one semitone to a major seventh, [2][3][4] creating an augmented second between the sixth and seventh degrees. Thus, a harmonic minor scale is represented by the following notation: A harmonic minor ...

  3. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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    A natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode) is a diatonic scale that is built by starting on the sixth degree of its relative major scale. For instance, the A natural minor scale can be built by starting on the 6th degree of the C major scale: Because of this, the key of A minor is called the relative minor of C major.

  4. Harmonic scale - Wikipedia

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    Harmonic series on G, partials 1–5 numbered Play ⓘ. The harmonic scale is a "super-just" musical scale allowing extended just intonation, beyond 5- limit to the 19th harmonic (Play ⓘ), and free modulation through the use of synthesizers. Transpositions and tuning tables are controlled by the left hand on the appropriate note on a one ...

  5. Harmonic major scale - Wikipedia

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    The harmonic major scale has its own set of modes, distinct from the harmonic minor, melodic minor, and major modes, depending on which note serves as the tonic.Below are the mode names, their degrees, and the following seventh chords that can be built using each modal tonic or degree of the parent mode as the root: a major seventh chord, a half-diminished seventh chord, a minor seventh chord ...

  6. Heptatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    The harmonic minor scale is so called because in tonal music of the common practice period (from approximately 1600 to approximately 1900) chords or harmonies are derived from it more than from the natural minor scale or the melodic minor scale.

  7. Phrygian dominant scale - Wikipedia

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    In music, the Phrygian dominant scale (or the Phrygian ♮3 scale) is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. [1] Also called the harmonic dominant, altered Phrygian scale, dominant flat 2 flat 6 (in jazz), or Freygish scale (also spelled Fraigish [2]). It resembles the Phrygian mode but with a major third ...

  8. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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    A musical scale is a series of pitches in a distinct order. The concept of "mode" in Western music theory has three successive stages: in Gregorian chant theory, in Renaissance polyphonic theory, and in tonal harmonic music of the common practice period. In all three contexts, "mode" incorporates the idea of the diatonic scale, but differs from ...

  9. Scale (music) - Wikipedia

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    The diatonic scale (seven notes)—this includes the major scale and the natural minor; The melodic and harmonic minor scales (seven notes) These scales are used in all of their transpositions. The music of this period introduces modulation, which involves systematic changes from one scale to another. Modulation occurs in relatively ...