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#1 2006-12-06 17:38:21
- Thomas
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insempo scale
Does anyone know the intervals for the insempo scale? I've found this on another musical site's list of "exotic" scales:
1 2b 4 5 7b 6b 5 4 2b 1
Can anyone confirm if this is correct?
Thanks in advance for any info regarding these scales.
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#2 2006-12-06 20:41:04
- James Nyoraku Schlefer
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Re: insempo scale
Ascending: half step, major third, whole step, minor third, whole step
Descending: major third, half step, whole step, major third, half step
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#3 2006-12-07 10:09:33
- mrosenlof
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Re: insempo scale
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is also known as "Miyakobushi". One shakuhachi example would be Re, U, Ri, Ro, Tsu, Re when ascending and change the Tsu to Tsu no meri when descending.
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#4 2007-06-06 13:51:32
Re: insempo scale
"Ro" insempo is actually a (on a 1.8) G minor without the F.
On a 1.8, it is: D, D#, G, A, C, D Ascending
and D, Bflat, A, G, D#, D descending.
Putting it together it's" D, D#, G, A, Bflat, C, D
Rearranging: G, A, Bflat, C, D, D#, G
This is G minor without the F.
In the Insempo scale, The third note of the insempo (going up) is the note whose minor it is. One whole step (two notes on the chromatic scale) below that note is the note of the minor scale that's missing from the insempo. In this case, G is the third note, so the scale is G minor. One whole step below G is F, which is part of G minor, but not part of the insempo. I will also post this as a new topic.
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