Comments on: Scales and emotions

By: Jeffrey Agrell

Jeffrey Agrell — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:48:00 +0000

I think it’s easier to read scales if you simply write the scale degree numbers 1-7 and add inflections. For example, Ahava raba:

1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7, which I would also normally call the Spanish Phrygian or Klezmer – what’s in a name….?

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By: Cschully

Cschully — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:53:00 +0000

i remember when I was a young organist’s apprentice my teacher was improvising for a postlude in some strange harmony; after his virtuosic composition ended I told him I liked the mode he employed, to which he replied “oh, yeah that’s a Hungarian myxoldyian scale” or some shit like that, but he said it so nonchalantly that i always remembered that. Learning music is a Socratic knowledge; the more I learn the more I learn I do not know

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:45:00 +0000

So you’re saying that the melodic minor scale sounds dark? I would have said that the major 6th especially makes it sound bright! Obviously you’ve got the minor third there to balance it out a bit, but I disagree that it’s a “dark” scale…

Also, the scale you’ve called “Ahava Raba” I’ve always known as the “Phrygian Dominant” as it resembles the phrygian mode but with a major third. So I was a bit thrown by that one!

Those aren’t disagreements, this is a really informative post overall!

Rob.

By: Quora

Quora — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:54:01 +0000

What does it mean when a song or piece is written in a certain key?…

A key is nothing more than a collection of notes that sound good together when used in sequence and/or combination. In western classical tradition, the key system is based around the major scale. When you see a key signature on a piece of music, it usu…