Unusual Scales. Help

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Certif1ed wrote: Interesting sites - they look useful for learning scales, but I take my usual issue with the use (or abuse) of the word "tone". For example, the "Spanish 8-tone" scale does not have 8 tones in it - it has 8 notes, so should be called "Spanish 8-note" scale. So there is it really "note"? I mean, it's also "semi-tone", isn't it?

But there aren't 8 semi-tones in the scale are there?


The correct word is clearly note - a scale has notes in it, which can be tones or semitones.

A tone is either a measurement of pitch between adjacent notes or it is the name given to the sound produced by an instrument at a given pitch with a specific timbre - the quality of the note, if you like.

It is not the same thing as the note itself, which is what some misguided schools teach.

Interesting sites - they look useful for learning scales, but I take my usual issue with the use (or abuse) of the word "tone".

For example, the "Spanish 8-tone" scale does not have 8 tones in it - it has 8 notes, so should be called "Spanish 8-note" scale.

So there

Got to:

This may help - tons of different scales including Eastern/Arabian/asian

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?qqq=2&scch=C&scchnam=Arabian+%28a%29&get2=Get


Edited by Hierophant - May 26 2006 at 05:14