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Sanza7Tone
Sanza8Tone
Arabic
ThefirsttwoArabicscaleswerecreatedinthefirstcenturybyPersianphilosopherAbuNasral
FarabiandarestillusedinmodernArabianmusic.SabbaghtuningisdesignedfortheOud(a
lutelikeinstrument)andthefourthoneisacommonTurkish24notescale.
AlFarabi17Tone
AlFarabi19Tone
Sabbagh7Tone
Turkish24Tone
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Gamelan
ThesescalesareusedinIndonesianGamelanmusic.AGamelanisanensemblecomprisedof
metallicpercussion,strings,hornsandvocals.Thesescalesworkwellwithmetallic,belllike
sounds.
Degung5tone
Jemblung5tone
Pelog7tone
PelogandSlendro(PelogonthewhitekeysandSlendroonblack)
Slendro5tone
Udan12tone
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Historical
Thesearemostlyoctavebasedscales,whereattemptsweremadetoresolvetheinherent"un
pure"natureofthe12tonescale.Asaresult,someintervalsandchordssoundquitepureand
othersaremoredissonant.Thedissonantnotesaresometimescalled"Wolftones."
KirnbergerII–NamedforJohannKirnberger,astudentofBach.
MeantoneHalf–Createdinthe15thcentury,andutilizedbyJ.S.Bach,among
others.Itarosefromanattempttocreatepurerthirdsbysacrificingthepurityof
thefifths.
Olympos5tone–AnancientGreekpentatonicscale.
Pythagorean–NamedforPythagorasandbasedonperfectfifths.Ithasbeen
usedsince3500BC.Therearetwo17toneversionsanda12toneversion.
Silbermann–NamedforGottfriedSilbermann,a16thcenturykeyboardbuilder.
Werkmeister–NamedforAndreasWerkmeister,thecomposerwhocreateditin
thelate1600s.
Kalimba
MostofthesescalesweretakendirectlyfromthesomeoftheSoundsourcesfrom
Omnisphere'sCoreLibrary.Byloadingoneofthefollowingtuningstothecorresponding
Soundsource,you'llbeabletoplayitwithitsoriginaltuning.AlloftheKalimbatuningsuse
Ascending/Descendingmapping.
BlueNileAlimba