December 28, 201015 yr So the scale goes like this: F, F#, A, A#, C#, D, E. I'm not sure the root is F tho, could be F#, the piece uses F# minor chord heavily.
December 28, 201015 yr When written enharmonically with D as the root we get the notes: D, E, F, Gb, A, Bb, C#. Thus, we can see we almost have the scale of D harmonic minor but with a G flat. In essence it is just a synthetic scale based upon the harmonic minor scale of D, with a flattened fourth degree.
December 28, 201015 yr Author I was thinking the same thing, but in the entire piece Dmin chord appears only once or twice, isn't it unusual that the root chord isnt used? Also there is a lot of movement based around F# as sort of a pivot note.
December 29, 201015 yr can be many reasons for that.. suspended tonality perhaps? Or maybe the tonal center is not the D of the scale, but F like you originally suggested? The latter would then be of course similar to the use of modes, by that i mean all modes have a diatonic key signature but begin and revolve around different degrees of the scale.
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