A heptatonic scale is a musical scale that has seven pitches, or tones, per octave. Examples include: the diatonic scale; including the major scale and...

scale. However, the heptatonic blues scale can be considered a major scale with altered intervals. The hexatonic, or six-note, blues scale consists of the...

referred to as a minor scale. The Hungarian minor scale is another heptatonic (7-note) scale referred to as minor. The Jazz minor scale is a name for the melodic...

pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and...

In music theory a diatonic scale is a heptatonic (seven-note) scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each...

major scale Neapolitan major scale Neapolitan minor scale Ionian ♭5 scale Persian scale Locrian ♯7 scale Adhering to the definition of heptatonic scales, these...

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...

list of musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale. Bebop scale Chord-scale system Heptatonic scale Jazz scale List of chord progressions...

In music, the Phrygian dominant scale (or the Phrygian ♮3 scale) is the actual fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. It...

The major scale (or Ionian mode) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music. It is one of the diatonic scales. Like many...

chromatic variation of the heptatonic blues scale Octatonic (8 notes per octave): used in jazz and modern classical music Heptatonic (7 notes per octave):...

and transpositions of the "white note scale" C–D–E–F–G–A–B. In some usages it includes all forms of heptatonic scale that are in common use in Western music...

over centuries evolved first into a pentatonic scale. But from the earliest times, Tamil Music is heptatonic and known as ēḻisai (ஏழிசை). There are several...

iv° V6(b5) bvi° Like all heptatonic (seven-pitch) scales, the double harmonic scale has a mode for each of its individual scale degrees. The most commonly...

Bebop scale is a term referring to the practice of adding a note (typically a chromatic passing tone) to any common seven tone scale in order to make it...

jazz, the altered scale, altered dominant scale, or super-Locrian scale (Locrian ♭4 scale) is a seven-note scale that is a dominant scale where all non-essential...

jazz minor scale or ascending melodic minor scale is a derivative of the melodic minor scale, except only the ascending form of the scale is used. As...

The Hungarian major scale is a heptatonic scale subset of the octatonic scale with an omitted ♭2 degree. It has the following interval structure in semitones:...

minor scale, double harmonic minor scale, or Gypsy minor scale is a type of combined musical scale. It is the same as the harmonic minor scale, except...

In music, the Ukrainian Dorian scale (or the Dorian ♯4 scale) is a modified minor scale with raised 4th and 6th, and lowered 7th degrees, often with a...

the acoustic scale, overtone scale, Lydian dominant scale (Lydian ♭7 scale), or the Mixolydian ♯4 scale is a seven-note synthetic scale. It is the fourth...

tuning systems used in gamelan instruments that has a heptatonic scale. The other, older, scale commonly used is called slendro. Pelog has seven notes...

the continent. Characteristics include common use of hexatonic and heptatonic scales, variety of form, melodic contour, and percussive accompaniment, melodic...

Gagaku scale: Introduced from China during the Nara Period, but then later modified during the Heian Period, the Gagaku scale is a heptatonic scale, created...

Music System.). (Note:- Yāḻ denotes a 7-Note Heptatonic Scale and Yāḻiṉ pakuti denotes a 5-Note Pentatonic Scale) The 7 Mode Set is self generative, with...

svara Sa is the tonic of a piece or scale. The seven svaras of the saptak are the fundamentals of heptatonic scales or melakarta ragas and thaats in Carnatic...

pentatonic or tetratonic scales as the basis for the pitches of their individual chimes as opposed to the traditional western heptatonic scale. This is largely...

In music theory, the harmonic major scale is a musical scale found in some music from the common practice era and now used occasionally, most often in...

by a descending octave), resulting in the notes of a pentatonic or heptatonic scale falling within an octave. In the formulas, the ratios 3:2 or 2:3 represent...

to the number of scale degrees of a (heptatonic) scale. This naming is particularly common in just intonation and microtonal scales. The most common of...