The Minor Scale of the Anasazi Flute
A look at the
scales
of the Ancients
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The
Extended Scale of the Anasazi Flute In
our last two articles about the Anasazi flute we
looked at the basic major pentatonic and then the
minor pentatonic scales respectively. If you'll
recall we also discovered that the major pentatonic
is Anhemitonic pentatonic scale, so
called because the scale doesn't have any half
steps, like the Native American flute scale, and
that the minor scale is Hemitonic
pentatonic scale because it has some
half steps. To review this check out the last
article: The
Minor Scale of the Anasazi
flute. In
this section we're going to look at the Extended
scale found in the Anasazi flute's lower octave. By
extended I mean all the playable notes. This
scale has nine notes that are determined by the
physical construction of the Anasazi flute itself.
It is not presented here as a scale that you would
find practical to play or even pleasing to listen
to, but rather as a reference of all the notes
available in the lower octave of the Anasazi flute;
how they are fingered and their intervalic
relationship to the root note.
by
Scot August
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