Does anyone know the Gypsy musical scale, what are its characteristics, etc.?
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Does anyone know the Gypsy musical scale, what are its characteristics, etc.?
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There are a lot of versions, some more accredited than others.
The only certain thing is that there is a raised fourth, so we are talking about F# in relation to a C tonic ... the rest is up to "imagination" ...
Someone else might be more precise
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Look also under the gypsy scale
From
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/alessandro_corti/armonia.htm
GYPSY SCALE
C-D-Eb-F#-G-Ab-B-C
(G-A-Bb-C#-D-Eb-F#-G)
Used by Brahms in the string quintet op. 111, 3rd movement Un poco allegretto
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Thanks Martina, it is practically a harmonic minor scale with the fourth raised
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There are several types of Gypsy scale, regardless of the mode. An example is:
F Gb Ab Bb C Db Eb F