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Musical scaleA Musical scale is a set of musical notes that provides material for part or all of a musical work; it may also be called a “key” or a “key signature” in reference to a particular work.This type has no properties of its own.
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C major (often just C or key of C) is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.
Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor. Many instruments, such as the...
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| x E major |
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E major is a major scale based on E, with the pitches E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, and D♯. Its key signature has four sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is C-sharp minor, and its parallel minor is E minor.
Only two of Haydn's 104...
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| x C minor |
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C minor (abbreviated c or cm) is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. The harmonic minor raises the B♭ to B♮.
Its key signature consists of three flats (see below: Scales and keys).
In the Baroque period,...
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| x G major |
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G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F♯. Its key signature has one sharp, F♯. (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is E minor, and its parallel minor is G minor.
In the treble clef...
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| x D major |
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D major (or the key of D) is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯. Its key signature consists of two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor.
D major is well-suited to violin...
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| x C flat major |
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C♭ major is a major scale based on C♭, consisting of the pitches C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature has seven flats — the enharmonically equivalent key signature B major (five sharps) is usually used instead. (see below: Scales and...
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| x A major |
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A major (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯. Its key signature has three sharps.
Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor. The key of A-major is the only key where a...
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| x B major |
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B major is a major scale based on B, with the pitches B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, and A♯. Its key signature has five sharps.
B major's relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its enharmonic equivalent is C-flat major.
The key...
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| x F sharp major |
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F-sharp major is a major scale based on F-sharp, consisting of the pitches F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, and B. Its key signature has six sharps.
Its relative minor is D♯ minor, and its parallel minor is F♯ minor. Its enharmonic equivalent is G♭ major.
F...
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| x F major |
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F major (or the key of F) is a musical major scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.
F major...
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| x B flat major |
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B♭ major or B-flat major is a major scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats, B/E (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is G minor, and its parallel minor is B♭ minor.
B...
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| x E flat major |
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E♭ major or E-flat major is a major scale based on E-flat, consisting of the pitches E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C, and D. Its key signature has three flats: B, E, A.
Its relative minor is C minor, and its parallel minor is E♭ minor.
E-flat major is often...
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| x A flat major |
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A♭ major or A-flat major is a major scale based on A-flat, consisting of the pitches A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G. Its key signature has four flats (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is F minor, and its parallel minor is A-flat minor....
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| x D flat major |
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D-flat major is a major scale based on D-flat, consisting of the pitches D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭ and C. Its key signature has five flats (see below: Scales and keys).
The flatted pitches correspond to the black keys of the piano. Its relative minor is...
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| x G flat major |
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G-flat major is a major scale based on G-flat, consisting of the pitches G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭(B), D♭, E♭, and F. Its key signature has six flats (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is E-flat minor, and its parallel minor is G-flat minor,...
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| x G minor |
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G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, and F. For the harmonic minor scale, the F is raised to F♯. Its relative major is B-flat major, and its parallel major is G major.
Changes needed for the melodic and...
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| x D minor |
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D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B♭, and C. In the harmonic minor, the C is raised to C♯. Its key signature has one flat (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is F major, and its parallel major...
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| x A minor |
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A minor (abbreviated Am) is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The harmonic minor scale raises the G to G♯. Its key signature has no flats or sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is C...
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| x E minor |
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E minor (Em, Mim) is a musical minor scale based on the note E, consisting of the pitches E, F♯, G, A, B, C, and D. The harmonic minor scale contains a D♯. Its key signature has one sharp, F (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is G...
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| x C sharp major |
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C♯ major (or C-sharp major) is a major scale based on C♯, consisting of the pitches C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, and B♯. Its key signature has seven sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is A♯ minor, and its parallel minor is C♯ minor....
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| x B minor |
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B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, and A. The harmonic minor raises the A to A♯. Its key signature has two sharps linked Scales/keys below (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is D major,...
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| x F sharp minor |
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F-sharp minor is a minor scale based on F-sharp, consisting of the pitches F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, and E. For the harmonic minor, the E is raised to E♯ (F♮). Its key signature has three sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
The third (slow) movement...
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| x C sharp minor |
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C♯ minor or C-sharp minor is a minor scale based on C♯, with the pitches C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, and B. Its key signature consists of four sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is E major, and its parallel major is C-sharp major....
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| x G sharp minor |
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G-sharp minor is a minor scale based on G♯, consisting of the pitches G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, and F♯. For the harmonic minor, the F♯ is raised to F.
Its key signature has five sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is B major, and its...
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| x D sharp minor |
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D-sharp minor or D♯ minor is a minor scale based on D-sharp, consisting of the pitches D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B, and C♯. For the harmonic minor, the C♯ is raised to C. Its key signature has six sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
E-flat minor is its...
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| x A sharp minor |
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A♯ minor or A-sharp minor is a minor scale based on A-sharp. The A♯ minor scale has pitches A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, and G♯. For the harmonic minor scale, G is used instead of G♯. Its key signature has seven sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its...
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| x F minor |
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F minor is a minor scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D♭, and E♭. The harmonic minor raises the E♭ to E♮. Its key signature has four flats (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is A-flat major, and its parallel...
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| x B flat minor |
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B♭ or B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, and A♭. Its key signature has five flats. The harmonic minor scale would use an A♮ instead of A♭
Its relative major is D-flat major, and its...
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| x E flat minor |
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E♭ minor or E-flat minor is a minor scale based on E-flat, consisting of the pitches E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, and D♭. In the harmonic minor, the D♭ is raised to D♮. Its key signature consists of six flats (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative...
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| x A flat minor |
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A-flat minor is a minor scale based on A-flat, consisting of the pitches A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭. For the harmonic minor, the G♭ is raised to G♮. Its key signature has seven flats (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is C-flat...
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| x Diatonic scale |
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In music theory, a diatonic scale (from the Greek διατονικός, meaning "[progressing] through tones", also known as the heptatonia prima and set form 7-35) is a seven note musical scale comprising five whole steps and two half steps, in which the...
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| x Chromatic scale |
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The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone or half step apart. "A chromatic scale is a nondiatonic scale consisting entirely of half-step intervals," having, "no tonic," due to the symmetry or equal spacing of its...
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| x Enharmonic scale |
An enharmonic scale is a musical scale in which there is no exact equivalence between a sharpened note and the flattened note it is enharmonically related to. As an example, F sharp and G flat are generally equivalent in a chromatic scale, but they...
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The half diminished scale is a musical scale more commonly known as "Locrian ♮2", name which avoids confusion with the diminished scales (see octatonic scales) and the half-diminished seventh chord (min. 7, flat 5). It is simply Mode VI of the...
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In music, a whole tone scale is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbours by the interval of a whole step. There are only two complementary whole tone scales, both six-note or hexatonic scales:
The whole tone scale has no leading...
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In music, a symmetric scale is a music scale which equally divides the octave. The concept and term appears to have been introduced by Joseph Schillingerand further developed by Nicolas Slonimsky as part of his famous "Thesaurus of Scales and...
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| x Harmonic major scale |
In music theory, the harmonic major scale is a musical scale which found occasional use during the common practice era and is now often employed, particularly in jazz. In George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept it is called the Lydian Diminished...
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A minor scale in music theory is a diatonic scale with a third scale degree at an interval of a minor third above the tonic. While this definition encompasses modes with the minor third, such as Dorian mode, the term may more usually refer only to...
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| x Natural |
In music theory, a note is natural when it is neither flat nor sharp (nor double-flat or double-sharp either). Natural notes are the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, and are represented by the white notes on the keyboard of a piano or organ. On a...
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| x D-flat minor |
D-flat minor is a minor scale based on the musical note D-flat, consisting of the pitches D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, B, C♭. Its key signature has seven flats and one double flat.
For clarity and simplicitly, D-flat minor is usually notated as its...
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