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The C major scale, ascending and descending In music theory , a scale is "any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave ", typically by order of pitch or fundamental frequency .
the ascending melodic minor scale or jazz minor scale (also known as the Ionian ♭ 3 or Dorian ♯ 7): this form of the scale is also the 5th mode of the acoustic scale. the descending melodic minor scale: this form is identical to the natural minor scale . The ascending and descending forms of the A melodic minor scale are shown below:
List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament
Melodic minor scale (ascending) on A Play ⓘ In traditional classical theory, the melodic minor scale has two forms, as noted above, an ascending form and a descending form. Although each of these forms of itself comprises seven pitches, together they comprise nine, which might seem to call into question the scale's status as a heptatonic scale.
Ascending Descending 1/minor second: Theme of the One Ring from The Lord of the Rings [citation needed] Theme from Jaws [9] [10] "Nice Work If You Can Get It" [9]
In twelve-tone equal temperament, the group has four generators, which can be identified with the ascending and descending semitones and the ascending and descending perfect fifths. The semitonal generator gives rise to the chromatic circle while the perfect fourth and perfect fifth give rise to the circle of fifths.
The melodic major scale is the combined scale that goes as Ionian ascending and as Aeolian dominant descending. It differs from melodic minor scale only by raising the third degree to a major third. [ 6 ]
In this role, it is used while descending far more often than while ascending. A familiar example of the descending scale is heard in a Ring of bells. A ring of twelve is sometimes augmented with a 5♯ and 6♭ to make a 10 note harmonic minor scale from bell 2 to bell 11 (for example, Worcester Cathedral). [6]