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Exotic Guitar Scales
Exotic Guitar Scales
Exotic Guitar Scales
This Arabian scale is an octatonic minor scale (it has 8 notes). It is the same scale as
the diminished scale.
Formula
b3
#4
#5
Formula
b2
b5
b6
Formula
b2
b6
Formula
b2
b5
b7
Formula
b6
Formula Ascending
b2
b6
Formula Descending
b7
b6
b3
b2
Formula
b3
#4
b6
b3
#4
Formula
b7
Formula
b2
b6
b7
Origin
Arabian
b3
Gypsy
b3 #4
Romanian
b3 #4
Indian
b2
b2
b3
Persian
b2
Byzantine
b2
Oriental
#5
minor
b6
minor
b7
minor
b6
neutral
b6
b7
minor
b5
b6
major
b6
major
1 b2
b5
b7
dominant
Jewish
1 b2
b6
b7
dominant
Japanese
#4
Type
b6
neutral