Right...
so the natural minor scale has a whole step between the 7th and 8th note, and people didnt like that so they #7 of the natural minor to get harmonic minor.
well in a piece of music im writing i moved to the whole-tone scale (it has a raised 3rd difference from the natural minor) so i thought the movement would be a good choice (one note difference)
but then i realised this has a W step between its 7th and 8th note..
so if i raise the 7th note of the whole tone scale, what scale is this?
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I know its a bit of a stupid question (no need to point it out) because it is called the WHOLE TONE scale..
but this isnt a theoretical thing, its a 'sound' thing i like the way it sounds, what can i call this scale?
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It's the "Eskimo Hexatonic"
More Scales than you can shake a stick at. Clickety click
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Alan
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Ohh kay, lol,
why "hexatonic" though?
like hex meaning 6, tonic, chord 1, doesnt make sense.
where on that site is that scale?
ahh, (edit)
i can see Eskimo Hexatonic 2.. is that it?
(second edit)
yep it is, this one has an F# and G# i think..
this scale is
C D E Gb Ab Bb C (whole tone ones)
C D E F# G# A# C
and B is the 7th note so we can raise it, so it is C major but with a F#/Gb, and a G#/Ab
i suppose C Lydian #5 is another name for it.
i wrote it out using flats, so i saw the sharps as wrong, all cleared up now.
Hexatonic scales have only six tones - the whole tone scale is hexatonic. A C lydian #5 would also contain both A and B in place of the Bb.
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