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Topic: What key scale is this?  (Read 1543 times)

Offline blarvis

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What key scale is this?
on: December 30, 2012, 07:24:22 PM
A, F#, F, A#

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Offline andreslr6

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Re: What key scale is this?
Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 09:36:55 PM
In what context? by itself it sounds more like a 0145 tetrachord.

If it´s tonal music I can imagining it fitting in B major, because of the A#, but it depends in the context, is it inside a piece? if it is, which piece?
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Offline keypeg

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Re: What key scale is this?
Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 11:07:31 PM
For all we know, the F# could be Gb and the A# could be Bb. Then it would be
A, Gb, F, Bb
A scale does not use the same letter names twice.
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Offline andreslr6

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Re: What key scale is this?
Reply #3 on: December 31, 2012, 03:16:34 AM
Quote from: keypeg on December 30, 2012, 11:07:31 PM
For all we know, the F# could be Gb and the A# could be Bb. Then it would be
A, Gb, F, Bb
A scale does not use the same letter names twice.

Not that I agree with what you say, but it does bring out the possibility of it being a harmonic Bb minor scale :) .
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Offline Bob

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Re: What key scale is this?
Reply #4 on: December 31, 2012, 04:07:51 AM
Bitonal?


Some kind of dissonant extended chord?
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