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A scale is a sequence of [[
The first note of a scale is the root, or the tonic. Any scale can be transposed to a different root note and stay the same kind of scale. Most scales are associated with a certain key, and a [[Modulation]] usually involves a change of scale as well as a change of key. A mode is a scale that has the same pitches as another scale but starts on a different note. (Sort of. Unless you're talking about [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Gregorian chant]] in which case it means something related but different.)
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Examples:
* A '''chromatic''' scale is made of every one of the 12 notes, e.g. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C. This is the sound of someone running their finger up or down a keyboard. All other scales are a subset of this (well, in Western music).
* '''Pentatonic''' scales are [[Exactly What It Says
** '''Major Pentatonic''' can be played using only the black keys on a keyboard, starting on F#.
** '''Minor Pentatonic''' is a mode of Major Pentatonic. It can be played using only black keys too, starting on D#. Example: Gershwin's Summertime (except for one note).
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* Modes of the '''Major''' scale, i.e. things you can play using only the white keys on a piano:
** '''Ionian''' (starts on C), the default mode of the major scale. Generally sounds happy and uplifting.
** '''Dorian''' (D), also known as Russian Minor. Minor with a sharpened 6th degree. Sounds sad but folky. Common in Irish music. Example: Eleanor Rigby by [[The Beatles (
** '''Phrygian''' (E). Minor scale with a flat 2nd degree. Sounds Middle Eastern, psychedelic, or [[Spexico|Spexican]] due to its use in flamenco music.
** '''Lydian''' (F). Major with a sharp 4th. Sounds ethnic, jazzy or uplifting (like Ionian).
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