Scales and modes around the world
By: Herman Rechberger
Publisher: Fennica-Gehrman
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Helsinki]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789525489071
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Musical intervals and scales; Music theory
Description: Based on extensive research, listening and discussions with musicians, this work presents over 1,000 scales found in different cultures around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 300--301) and index.
Table of contents: title: The musical scale; title: Elements of the scale; title: Scales in the Western music tradition; title: Theory of diatonic scales; title: Key signature; title: The circle of fifths; title: Key signatures of major and minor scales; title: Pentatonic scales; title: Hexatonic scales; title: Heptatonic scales; title: Heptatonic scales of Greek rebétiko music; title: Heptatonic scales created by 20th century composers; title: Octatonic scales; title: Octatonic scales created by 20th century composers; title: The bebop scales; title: Octatonic scales used in Jewish synagoge chant; title: Nonatonic (or enneatonic) scales; title: Decatonic scales; title: Modes; title: The ancient Greek musical system; title: The transpositions of the Greek modes; title: The notation of ancient Greek music; title: Greek Phrygian modes; title: Greek Lydian modes; title: Thre Greek mixolydian modes; title: Byzantine modes; title: The modes or tones; title: The notation of Byzantine music; title: The medieval church modes; title: The Ionian mode; title: Medieval and modern dorian mode; title: Medieval and modern phrygian modes; title: The medieval and modern lydian modes; title: The medieval and modern mixolydian modes; title: The aeolian modes; title: The modern locrian modes; title: Modes of the harmonic minor scale; title: Modes of the melodic minor scale; title: Modes of the Hungarian gypsy minor scale; title: Modes of the Hungarian major scale; title: Mixed modes; title: Chromatic modes; title: Modes of limited transposition; title: The Takemitsu linea mode 1 and 2; title: Heptamodes; title: Octamodes; title: Nonatonic modes; title: The chromatic decamode; title: The chromatic undecamode; title: Rechberger's decamodes; title: Non-western scales; title: The Arab tone system; title: The Maqāmāt of the Assyrian/Syrian church; title: The music of Persia/Iran; title: The Persian musical system; title: The Turkish musical system; title: The Azerbaijani musical system; title: The Indian musical systems; title: The Rāgas; title: The south east Asian musical systems; title: Standard Indonesian musical scales; title: Bali; title: Nusa Tenggara Barat (Lombok & Sumbawa); title: Scales of the Khmer; title: Thailand; title: Laos; title: Burma; title: Musical systems of the minorities in south east Asia; title: Vietnam; title: The Chinese musical system; title: Ancient Chinese bells; title: The notation of Chinese music; title: The Japanese musical system; title: Japanese musical notation; title: The Korean music system; title: Korean string instruments; title: Korean wind instruments; title: Microtonal systems; title: Main notation systems for microtonal music; title: The harmonic series in conventional notation; title: The first 64 notes of the harmonic series in Helmholtz-Ellis notation; title: Equal temperament; title: 5-Edo scales; title: 6-Edo; title: 7-Edo; title: 8-Edo; title: 9-Edo; title: 10-Edo; title: 11 Edo; title: 13 Edo; title: 14-Edo; title: 15-Edo; title: 16-Edo; title: 17-Edo; title: Comparison of ratios in the Arabian and Persian scale 17-tone temperament; title: 18-Edo; title: 19-Edo; title: Mandelbaum's 19-tone modes; title: 20-Edo; title: 21-Edo; title: 22-Edo; title: Paul Erlich's scales in 22-Edo; title: The 22-tone Śruti ratios; title: 22-tone mode of the Tamil matra scale; title: 23-Edo; title: 24-Edo; title: 25-Edo; title: 26-Edo; title: Paul Erlich's 26 tone equal modes; title: 27-Edo; title: 28-Edo; title: 29-Edo; title: 30-Edo; title: 31-Edo; title: 32-Edo; title: 34-Edo; title: 37-Edo; title: 40-Edo; title: 41-Edo; title: 43-Edo; title: The Harry Partch 43-temperament; title: 44-Edo; title: 45-Edo; title: 46-Edo; title: 48-Edo; title: 53-Edo; title: 68-Edo; title: 72-Edo; title: 81-Edo; title: 84-Edo; title: 88-Edo; title: 94-Edo; title: 96-Edo; title: 98-Edo; title: Scales of African balafons and other xylophone instruments; title: Scales of African horns and flutes; title: African vocal scales; title: African kora tunings; title: African mbira and sanza scales; title: Bagpipe scales; title: Panpipe scales; title: Vietnamese and Thai scales; title: Madagascar scales; title: Frequencies of intervals starting from C; title: Scale/mode constructions in various tuning systems (ET).