Scales
Scale Notes & Info
Scale: C balinese
Description: A scale modelled on Balinese gamelan tunings, usually realised on Western instruments as a hemitonic pentatonic or hexatonic with clustered semitones. It captures the metallic, shimmering sonority of Balinese ensembles and is used in impressionist and film music as well as scale libraries for 'world' chord-scale work.
Notes (pitch classes): C, C#, D#, F, G, G#, B
Intervals (formula): 1P, 2m, 3m, 4P, 5P, 6m, 7M
| Degree | Note | Note+Octave | Semitones | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | C3 | 0 | 1P |
| 2 | C# | F3 | 0 | 1P |
| 3 | D# | G3 | 0 | 1P |
| 4 | F | B3 | 5 | 4P |
| 5 | G | G3 | 7 | 5P |
| 6 | G# | G#3 | 0 | 1P |
| 7 | B | B3 | 11 | 7M |