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algerian scale wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 scale formula 2 sources 3 external links toggle the table of contents algerian scale 1 language македонски edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia musical scale middlebrook 1984 1 play ⓘ the algerian scale is a scale frequently used in algerian music the frequent use of 1 5 steps a minor 3rd in the scale contributes to a sound commonly associated with moorish music fischer 1996 2 it is also defined as an eleven note scale with two augmented seconds jacques ibert first used this definition in escales 1924 3 in india s carnatic music this corresponds to simhendramadhyamam scale formula edit in step notation w h wh h h wh h w whole step h half step wh whole and a half step or in decimals 1 step 0 5 step 1 5 step 0 5 step 0 5 step 1 5 step 0 5 step this formula gives the first octave only in the second octave the third step is 1 rather than 1 5 followed by a step of 1 rather than 0 5 this may be seen in images to the right in the one on the bottom with the three octave spanning scale fischer 1996 the lower octave shows an f while the upper octave shows an f natural this can also be notated as degrees in relation to the root note first octave 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 second octave 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 it can also be thought of as harmonic minor with a raised 4 hungarian minor in the first octave sources edit middlebrook ron 1984 scales and modes in the beginning p 125 isbn 0 89898 151 4 fischer peter 1996 rock guitar secrets p 160 mel bay publications isbn 3 927190 62 4 isbn 978 3 927190 62 7 robert fink robert ricci 1975 the language of twentieth century music a dictionary of terms p 3 schirmer books isbn 0 02 870600 5 isbn 978 0 02 870600 9 external links edit v t e musical scales list main western major natural harmonic melodic ascending descending minor natural harmonic melodic ascending descending pentatonic diatonic chromatic other types bebop blues diminished scale distance model double harmonic enharmonic enigmatic flamenco mode harmonic jazz jazz minor major locrian phrygian dominant ptolemy s intense diatonic scale of harmonics symmetric synthetic mode synthetic scale whole tone ethnic origin algerian arabic double harmonic major locrian quarter tone 17 equal temperament brazil escala nordestina gamelan pelog slendro gypsy hungarian major hungarian minor istrian japanese jewish nusach neapolitan persian romanian major ukrainian dorian non octave wendy carlos scales alpha beta gamma bohlen pierce modes v t e modes in western music gregorian authentic dorian phrygian lydian mixolydian plagal hypodorian hypophrygian hypolydian hypomixolydian other ionian hypoionian aeolian hypoaeolian locrian hypolocrian pentatonic reciting tone diatonic heptatonia prima ionian i natural major and ascending melodic major dorian ii phrygian iii lydian iv mixolydian v aeolian vi natural minor and descending melodic minor locrian vii jazz minor heptatonia secunda jazz minor i ascending melodic minor dorian 2 ii lydian augmented iii acoustic iv aeolian dominant v descending melodic major half diminished vi altered vii neapolitan major heptatonia tertia neapolitan major i leading whole tone ii lydian augmented dominant iii lydian minor iv major locrian v neapolitan minor neapolitan minor i mixolydian augmented iii harmonic minor harmonic minor i ukrainian dorian iv phrygian dominant v lydian 9 vi harmonic major harmonic major i dorian locrian ii neapolitan mixolydian v double harmonic scale double harmonic i hungarian minor iv oriental v number of tones monotonic 1 ditonic 2 tritonic 3 tetratonic 4 pentatonic 5 hexatonic 6 heptatonic 7 octatonic 8 decatonic 10 chromatic 12 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title algerian_scale oldid 1353610453 categories modes music hemitonic scales tritonic scales musical scales with augmented seconds hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata pages using the phonos extension this page was last edited on 11 may 2026 at 08 33 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia 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