Post by holdencaufield on Apr 30, 2011 16:40:57 GMT
It seems that Han4 Gong1 Qiu1 Yue4 uses all 7 notes (and more) of the F Major heptatonic scale:
eason.com.sg/erhu/hangongqiuyue.jpg
The piece description says gu4qu1 (lit. "ancient piece"), so I'm assuming that this is a piece of traditional Chinese music.
Why doesn't it fit within the pentatonic scale (which seems to be identical to the Western anhemitonic pentatonic scale) explained in another thread here:
Or does it fit, and I'm just not aware?
I just realized that if each "[]" represents a 1/2 step then the Chinese scale is not necessarily identical to the Western scale in every case.
eason.com.sg/erhu/hangongqiuyue.jpg
The piece description says gu4qu1 (lit. "ancient piece"), so I'm assuming that this is a piece of traditional Chinese music.
Why doesn't it fit within the pentatonic scale (which seems to be identical to the Western anhemitonic pentatonic scale) explained in another thread here:
The [] indicates where another note "could" be in a standard 12-tone system. Like C, C#, D. Continuing to build the scale, we end up with:
GONG
[]
SHANG
[]
JIAO
[]
[]
ZHI
[]
YU
[]
[]
GONG
[]
SHANG etc.
GONG
[]
SHANG
[]
JIAO
[]
[]
ZHI
[]
YU
[]
[]
GONG
[]
SHANG etc.
Or does it fit, and I'm just not aware?
I just realized that if each "[]" represents a 1/2 step then the Chinese scale is not necessarily identical to the Western scale in every case.