Jul 4, 2013

"Symmetrical" scales

The word says it all--

Symmetrical scales are scales that have an even amount of notes on both sides.  There is no middle note like in the major/minor scales where you have a middle note and 3 notes to each side.

An example of this kind of scale is the "whole tone" scale.  This is a scale that is constructed by simple whole steps.  It produces 6 notes instead of the normal 7 notes found in the major/minor scale.

"Whole half"...."half whole"...."blues"...."chromatic" are some examples.

Now finding the application to these can take some experimenting.  Actually that is the fun part!

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