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may be regarded as unsurprising; it shows up in modal improvisation and composition over harmonic progressions which invite use of the melodic minor.
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The name "acoustic scale" refers to the resemblance to the eighth through 14th partials in the
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The acoustic scale appears sporadically in nineteenth-century music, notably in the works of
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The acoustic scale may be formed from a major triad (C E G) with an added
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chords starting on the first scale degree. The term "acoustic scale" was coined by
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In traditional music, the overtone scale persists in the music of peoples of South
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scale degree. The term "acoustic scale" is sometimes used to describe a particular
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starting on the fourth degree. Hence, the acoustic scale starting on D is D, E, F
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Another way to regard the acoustic scale is that it occurs as a mode of the
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Fewell, Garrison (February 1998). "Sessions: Lydian-Dominant Strategies".
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also often follow the overtone scale, sometimes with pentatonic slices.
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of this seven-note collection (e.g. the specific ordering C–D–E–F
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or other odd-metered, as opposed to the music structured by the
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are naturally rich in overtones, but melodies performed on the
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turns it Lydian. Therefore, many occurrences of this scale in
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The Acoustic scale (Lydian dominant), all keys, for ocarina
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It is the fourth mode of the 1: 1080:Cited in Wilson, Paul (1992). 210:ascending melodic minor scale 1209:Leta E. Miller, ed. (1988). 345:). It plays a major role in 219: 985:"The Lydian Dominant Scale" 1649: 1092:cited in Kárpáti 1994, 171 948:W. W. 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Index

Lydian dominant
Acoustics
Scale (ratio)
Modes
I
II
III
V
VI
VII
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
pitch classes
Forte number
Complement
music
seven-note
synthetic
scale
ascending melodic minor scale
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major scale
augmented fourth
minor seventh
mode

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