Scales of the World
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Notice that there are actually ONLY twelve different tones on the keyboard within one octave. This means that amongst all the seemingly confusing and confounding Western music theory notation and analysis, we are really just talking about arrangements of these twelve tones.
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The Juxtaposition of Elvis Costello and Craig Kilbourn
I find the juxtaposition of Elvis Costello and Craig Kilbourn here fascinating. What a beautiful song by Elvis and T-Bone Burnett. It’s a lovely, effortless,
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Deer
When many of us think of a scale the first thing we think of is the major scale and perhaps fluffy images of the Sound of Music.
Twelve
In all of Western music theory notation and analysis, we are really just talking about arrangements of these twelve tones.
Seven
All of the ancient scales had the 8 notes (counting the octave) which are equivalent to the whitenotes on a keyboard today.
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On Edward Van Halen
When Edward Van Halen performed live, he looked like a twelve-year-old kid that just learned a bunch of new skateboard tricks. He was grinning the
Oriental 3
The Aeolian Mode produces a sad, dark, somber mood, without being jazzy or particularly ethnic sounding
4th Mode Harmonic Minor
This scale is commonly used in traditional and contemporary Jewish music and in Klezmer music.