Acoustic scale

A seven note scale, containing the musical notes: C, D, E, F#, G, A and Bb, which is formed from a
major triad (C E G) with an added minor seventh and raised fourth (Bb and F#, drawn from the
overtone series) and major second and major sixth (D and A) (Wilson 1992, p.7). The scale was first
formulated by Ernő Lendvai in his analysis of the music of Béla Bartók and the acoustic system,
since it entails structural characteristics such as symmetrically balanced sections, especially periods,
is contrasted with that of the golden section:

Golden section Acoustic

chromatic diatonic
dynamic static
close open
circular straight
tense relaxed
odd (subdivision of the basic metric pulse) even (subdivision of the basic metric pulse)
horizontal vertical
dark light

The acoustic scale is one species of the heptatonia seconda or ascending melodic minor scale.

Nocturne
A nocturne (from the French for "nocturnal") is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or
evocative of, the night. The name nocturne was first applied to pieces in the eighteenth century,
when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements, normally played for an evening party
and then laid aside. In its more familiar form as a single-movement character piece usually written
for solo piano, the nocturne was cultivated primarily in the nineteenth century.

Nocturnes are generally thought of as being tranquil, often expressive and lyrical, and sometimes
rather gloomy, but in practice pieces with the name nocturne have conveyed a variety of moods.