A Question of ScaleThe modernist music of Skaredahora eschewed traditional scales; instead he built scales up from strict mathematical rules. SponsoredThe familiar major scale uses 7 notes chosen from the 12 pitches forming an octave. Six of these notes have another note exactly 7 steps above (maybe in the next repeat). He wanted a different scale using 6 notes from the 12 pitches, with exactly two notes having another note 1 above, and one having another 5 above. His favourite scale was the one satisfying these rules that came first numerically when written out with

Source: The Times January 08, 2021 17:26 UTC