Found it: the harmonic minor, which I should have known...
But is it the Dorian mode, too?
What scale is this: 1 2 b3 4 5 5# 7 1 ?
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- KVRian
- 859 posts since 14 Sep, 2004
Last edited by Jake Jackson on Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:11 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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- KVRist
- 499 posts since 11 Jul, 2004 from Southern California, USA
That's what they call Dorian mode. It's what you get when you use the notes in a major scale but start with II instead of I (the root). Wikipedia has a page on it.
Why are you sorry? It was a legitimate question.
Harmonic minor: You're right, I'm wrong.
Why are you sorry? It was a legitimate question.
Harmonic minor: You're right, I'm wrong.
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- KVRAF
- 6374 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
Enharmonically, that #5 fits better as a b6 in a scale, so it aligns with the harmonic minor. It can't be Dorian because Dorian has a b7.Jake Jackson wrote:I'm seeing it called the harmonic minor, but I didn' think that had the sharped 5th in it...
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- KVRAF
- 13444 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
And dorian also has a 6, no b6.
And yes, Gamma-UT is spot on, the #5 should be called b6 and then we're good to go with harmonic minor.
- Sascha
And yes, Gamma-UT is spot on, the #5 should be called b6 and then we're good to go with harmonic minor.
- Sascha
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- KVRian
- 1433 posts since 29 Jan, 2008 from Arboretum Avenue