Posts tagged scales

I hope it's obvious to you that this music sounds "Chinese". Why though? Does it use a Major Pentatonic scale? parallel harmony in fourths and fifths? portamento? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

Consider the following musical scale, with a root of A: A — B — C — D — E — F — G# — A This is, quite clearly, A Harmonic Minor. Let me rewrite the above scale in terms of tone (step) differ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by DonielF‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by celtschk‭