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sharonlovespiano

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on: November 17, 2007, 10:58:13 AM

What kind of (tone) scale is the following one:

C Db Eb F G Ab B C

I think it has a name or something.. It looks like c minor with a lower d, but I don't know, it can be everything...
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Re: scale

Reply #1 on: November 17, 2007, 12:18:57 PM

In which context does this scale appear?

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Reply #2 on: November 17, 2007, 04:48:23 PM

Quote from: counterpoint on November 17, 2007, 12:18:57 PM

In which context does this scale appear?

Just the notes Ligeti uses in the melody of 'fanfares'

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Re: scale

Reply #3 on: November 17, 2007, 05:34:07 PM

Quote from: sharonlovespiano on November 17, 2007, 10:58:13 AM

What kind of (tone) scale is the following one:

C Db Eb F G Ab B C

I think it has a name or something.. It looks like c minor with a lower d, but I don't know, it can be everything...
Thanks!

Sharon

Hi Sharon,

This mode has been used in great amounts during the 20th century. It is known as the Neapolitan Minor. Evidently, the term Neapolitan comes from the flattened second degree; I think the 'minor' aspect is obvious.

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Reply #4 on: January 28, 2008, 09:35:31 PM

Mcgill,
that's interesting - is the neapolitan scale usually used in the harmonic minor?

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Reply #5 on: February 05, 2008, 09:23:50 PM

You often see it used as a variant, simply because it is so close to the harmonic minor; however, more often than not, the modal character that lies so distinctly in the flattened second degree is preserved.

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Reply #6 on: February 05, 2008, 10:17:22 PM

this is when i wish i understood theory...

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Reply #7 on: February 08, 2008, 12:01:53 AM

as a variant?
meaning it varies in how it's used?

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