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with one additional note, and where that note occurs does not affect the transpositional class. He also notes that the scale has the property that every three-note chord possible in the twelve tone chromatic scale already appears in the major
Locrian.
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Locrian is a phenomenon of the twentieth century, but the scale is definable in any
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intervals. It may also be derived from the
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to a major second, but in other meantone systems it is wider and more nearly like a third.
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devotes several pages to the major
Locrian, or more precisely to its
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and diminished unison) (whole-tone scale plus major seventh)
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182:, but is not limited to it. This scale is also known as
143:. If we take the tonic in the scale given above to be G
48:. With a tonic of C, it consists of the notes C D E F G
192:. Its modes and corresponding seventh chords are:
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427:Examples are given of the use of this scale by
174:The major Locrian scale is the 5th mode of the
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89:It can also be the natural minor scale or
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400:The major Locrian in 12 equal temperament
131:system. It is notable as one of the five
463:Mel Bay Complete Guitar Scale Dictionary
348:altered dominant diminished 3rd; B (add
318:) (whole-tone scale plus natural fourth)
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321:altered dominant major 2nd; Am (add 9,
297:) (whole-tone scale plus natural fifth)
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417:seven-tone impure major second scale
153:, which with a tonic on C is C–D–E–F
72:to E, with F introduced within the
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501:Harmonic Materials of Modern Music
409:Harmonic Materials of Modern Music
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300:major Locrian; G (add 9, 11, and
580:Major Locrian Scale - Analysis
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488:GNU Solfege 3.22 user's manual
484:Neapolitan Scale and Its Modes
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149:rather than C, we obtain the
112:in the French translation of
539:d'Erlanger, Rodolfe (1938).
246:Lydian dominant augmented; E
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526:Musical Scales of the World
461:Christiansen, Mike (2003).
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551:Twentieth-Century Harmony
413:transpositional set class
394:enharmonically equivalent
1225:descending melodic major
1172:descending melodic minor
524:Hewitt, Michael (2013).
273:Lydian minor; F (add 9,
151:leading whole-tone scale
1200:ascending melodic minor
1138:ascending melodic major
553:, W. W. Norton and co.
499:Hanson, Howard (1960).
1211:Lydian augmented (III)
984:Modes in Western music
176:Neapolitan major scale
124:version of the scale.
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1292:Double harmonic scale
1264:Phrygian dominant (V)
1259:Ukrainian Dorian (IV)
217:leading whole-tone; D
135:seven-note scales in
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1305:Hungarian minor (IV)
1231:Half diminished (VI)
1221:Aeolian dominant (V)
817:17 equal temperament
547:Persichetti, Vincent
434:Pelléas et Mélisande
76:interval from E to G
1300:Double harmonic (I)
42:Locrian major scale
38:major Locrian scale
20:Major Locrian on C
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1254:Harmonic minor (I)
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40:, also called the
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86:above the tonic.
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116:'s treatise
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104:In English,
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95:raised third
91:Aeolian mode
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46:Locrian mode
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1154:Lydian (IV)
1144:Dorian (II)
1102:Hypolocrian
1092:Hypoaeolian
664:Other types
372:minor third
368:Ionian mode
312:major third
295:minor sixth
260:Lydian mode
241:major sixth
204:Dorian mode
122:Pythagorean
114:Safi Al-Din
1366:Heptatonic
1354:Pentatonic
1348:Tetratonic
1188:Jazz minor
1130:Ionian (I)
1107:Pentatonic
1082:Hypoionian
1052:Hypolydian
1042:Hypodorian
1024:Mixolydian
914:Non-octave
890:Neapolitan
771:Whole tone
731:Jazz minor
696:Enharmonic
645:Pentatonic
449:References
439:Alban Berg
1384:Chromatic
1378:Decatonic
1372:Octatonic
1360:Hexatonic
1330:Monotonic
1001:Authentic
992:Gregorian
756:Symmetric
701:Enigmatic
655:Chromatic
1400:Category
1342:Tritonic
1122:Diatonic
1014:Phrygian
880:Japanese
836:Gamelan
787:Algerian
711:Harmonic
650:Diatonic
549:(1961).
465:, p.41.
377:♭
363:♭
357:♮
351:♭
330:♭
327:11, and
324:♭
303:♭
282:♭
279:11, and
276:♯
255:♯
252:(add 9,
249:♭
232:♯
229:11, and
226:♯
223:(add 9,
220:♭
199:♭
187:♭
168:♯
162:♯
156:♯
146:♭
129:meantone
79:♭
69:♭
63:♭
57:♭
51:♭
1336:Ditonic
1097:Locrian
1087:Aeolian
895:Persian
875:Istrian
851:Slendro
824:Brazil
791:Arabic
407:in his
360:9, and
1077:Ionian
1034:Plagal
1019:Lydian
1009:Dorian
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133:proper
110:mode 3
1070:Other
950:Modes
936:Delta
931:Gamma
921:Alpha
860:Gypsy
842:Pelog
676:Blues
671:Bebop
640:Minor
635:Major
443:Nacht
370:with
366:13) (
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620:list
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