Color Scales
Augmented seconds and Neapolitan seconds
Double harmonic major
- Formula
- 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7
- From C
- C D♭ E F G A♭ B
- Where it is used
- Its pair of augmented seconds gives it a strong, distinctive sound.
Phrygian dominant
- Formula
- 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
- From C
- C D♭ E F G A♭ B♭
- Where it is used
- The fifth mode of harmonic minor.
Hungarian minor
- Formula
- 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭6 7
- From C
- C D E♭ F♯ G A♭ B
- Where it is used
- A seven-note scale with two augmented seconds.
Neapolitan minor
- Formula
- 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7
- From C
- C D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B
- Where it is used
- Harmonic minor with a lowered second.
Neapolitan major
- Formula
- 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 7
- From C
- C D♭ E♭ F G A B
- Where it is used
- Ascending melodic minor with a lowered second.
Prometheus
- Formula
- 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♭7
- From C
- C D E F♯ A B♭
- Where it is used
- The six-note collection of Scriabin's 'mystic chord'.
Other chapters: Triads · Sixths and Added Notes · Seventh Chords · Extended and Altered Chords · Major and Minor Scales · The Modes · Pentatonic and Blues · Symmetrical Scales · Jazz Scales
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