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Azrael
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Azrael
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05/27/2004 7:52 am
no it is not a chromatic key.

its a very wierd key.. a mixture of several ones i´d say

if you look at it and you start from the e as lowest note you have this structure:

e-f-f#-g#-a-c-c#-e which is

e, half, half, whole, half, one.and.a.half, half, one.and.a.half

there are some scales that have similarities lie oriental scales like byzantine or persian scales.
the thing that comes closest is probably the Neapolitan minor Scale.

if you start your scale on f, you got this:

f-f#-g#-a-c-c#-e-f

neapolitan minor starting on f is:

f-f#-g#-a#-c-c#-e-f

its just the 4th that is different. yours is a diminished 4th while neapolian is perfect 4th :)

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