Diatonic - a scale with 7 different pitches (heptatonic) that are adjacent to one another on the cirecle of fifths; thus, one in which each letter name represents only a single pitch and which is made up of whole tones and senitones arranges in the pattern the pattern embodied in the white keys of the piano; hence, any major or PURE minor scale and chuch mode (quoted from The Harvard Dictionary of Music)
This means your "Neopolitian scale" is non-diatonic! Know exactly what a word means.
The other two scale names your mention (Ethiopian, Dominate) are basic modes with different names.
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They are not the same thing...they are built differentely. If they are the same; then why in the world have other names?
Then this.....
Here is the generic formula for the Neopolitan minor:
[1-2b-3b-4-5-6b-7b]
[E- F- G- A-B-C- D]
Is that not the same thing as E Phrygian??? I am sure it is!
By the way. Your sarcasm about the C6 and Am/C doesn`t cut it either.
"C6=(C,E,G,A)
Am/c=(A,C,E)
Nice try tough."
WRONG..... Am/C = (C,E,A,C,E) in open position. The symbol mean C in the bass.
C6= (C,E,A,C,E) in open position...... See?
If you can find all those notes on your guitar and can play them you will see they are identical. (minus the names of course)
