Luis Hernández Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hi Bearing in mind the 12 semitones of the scale (no microtones) and excluding transpositions, the number of possible scales/modes are: 2E11 = 2048 This brings the possibility of building 2048 different harmonic systems. I don't mean using scales as improvistion tools over some chords. I mean using any scale to build chords from it (by thirds, but also by seconds, fourths, fifths, hybrids, etc...) and use them to harmonize whan we are composing. Even only ONE note may grow to a harmonic system. See Ligeti's Musica Ricercata (the first piece is built only with a note: A). If we stick to major/minor scales (modes) we are using only 0.01% of the possible systems (excluding also atonality). So there is a musical univers out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Honest question: how are you defining a "scale" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Any organization of the tones between one note and its octave. The number of notes in the scale vary between 1 and 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Luis Hernández said: Any organization of the tones between one note and its octave. The number of notes in the scale vary between 1 and 12. Interesting ... I'm not sure, I agree, but, whatever. Continue on. (One note is a note. Two notes is an interval.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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