Scales and modes around the world / Herman Rechberger.

• The musical scale -- Elements of the scale -- Scales in the Western music tradition -- Theory of diatonic scales -- Key signature -- The circle of fifths -- Key signatures of major and minor scales -- Pentatonic scales -- Hexatonic scales -- Heptatonic scales -- Heptatonic scales of Greek rebétiko music -- Heptatonic scales created by 20th century composers -- Octatonic scales -- Octatonic scales created by 20th century composers -- The bebop scales -- Octatonic scales used in Jewish synagoge chant -- Nonatonic (or enneatonic) scales -- Decatonic scales -- Modes -- The ancient Greek musical system -- The transpositions of the Greek modes -- The notation of ancient Greek music -- Greek Phrygian modes -- Greek Lydian modes -- Thre Greek mixolydian modes -- Byzantine modes -- The modes or tones -- The notation of Byzantine music -- The medieval church modes -- The Ionian mode -- Medieval and modern dorian mode -- Medieval and modern phrygian modes -- The medieval and modern lydian modes -- The medieval and modern mixolydian modes -- The aeolian modes -- The modern locrian modes -- Modes of the harmonic minor scale -- Modes of the melodic minor scale -- Modes of the Hungarian gypsy minor scale -- Modes of the Hungarian major scale -- Mixed modes -- Chromatic modes -- Modes of limited transposition -- The Takemitsu linea mode 1 and 2 -- Heptamodes -- Octamodes -- Nonatonic modes -- The chromatic decamode -- The chromatic undecamode -- Rechberger's decamodes -- Non-western scales -- The Arab tone system -- The Maqāmāt of the Assyrian/Syrian church -- The music of Persia/Iran -- The Persian musical system -- The Turkish musical system -- The Azerbaijani musical system -- The Indian musical systems -- The Rāgas -- The south east Asian musical systems -- Standard Indonesian musical scales -- Bali -- Nusa Tenggara Barat (Lombok & Sumbawa) -- Scales of the Khmer -- Thailand -- Laos -- Burma -- Musical systems of the minorities in south east Asia -- Vietnam -- The Chinese musical system -- Ancient Chinese bells -- The notation of Chinese music -- The Japanese musical system -- Japanese musical notation -- The Korean music system -- Korean string instruments -- Korean wind instruments -- Microtonal systems -- Main notation systems for microtonal music -- The harmonic series in conventional notation -- The first 64 notes of the harmonic series in Helmholtz-Ellis notation -- Equal temperament -- 5-Edo scales -- 6-Edo -- 7-Edo -- 8-Edo -- 9-Edo -- 10-Edo -- 11 Edo -- 13 Edo -- 14-Edo -- 15-Edo -- 16-Edo -- 17-Edo -- Comparison of ratios in the Arabian and Persian scale 17-tone temperament -- 18-Edo -- 19-Edo -- Mandelbaum's 19-tone modes -- 20-Edo -- 21-Edo -- 22-Edo -- Paul Erlich's scales in 22-Edo -- The 22-tone Śruti ratios -- 22-tone mode of the Tamil matra scale -- 23-Edo -- 24-Edo -- 25-Edo -- 26-Edo -- Paul Erlich's 26 tone equal modes -- 27-Edo -- 28-Edo -- 29-Edo -- 30-Edo -- 31-Edo -- 32-Edo -- 34-Edo -- 37-Edo -- 40-Edo -- 41-Edo -- 43-Edo -- The Harry Partch 43-temperament -- 44-Edo -- 45-Edo -- 46-Edo -- 48-Edo -- 53-Edo -- 68-Edo -- 72-Edo -- 81-Edo -- 84-Edo -- 88-Edo -- 94-Edo --96-Edo -- 98-Edo -- Scales of African balafons and other xylophone instruments -- Scales of African horns and flutes -- African vocal scales -- African kora tunings -- African mbira and sanza scales -- Bagpipe scales -- Panpipe scales -- Vietnamese and Thai scales -- Madagascar scales -- Frequencies of intervals starting from C -- Scale/mode constructions in various tuning systems (ET).

• Based on extensive research, listening and discussions with musicians, this work presents over 1,000 scales found in different cultures around the world. 

Ämnesord

Musikteori  (sao)

Tonsystem och skalor  (sao)

Musical intervals and scales.  (LCSH)

Music theory.  (LCSH)

Musical intervals and scales  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

781.2 (DDC)