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The Algerian Scale is a scale which is frequently found in a lot of Algerian, Arab, Berber, and North African music. The frequent use of 1.5 steps in the scale helps create a sound which is commonly associated with a lot of Middle Eastern music.
It is also defined as an eleven note scale containing two augmented seconds. This was used by Jacques Ibert in Escales (1924) [3].
Scale formula
1 step + 0.5 step + 1.5 step + 0.5 step + 0.5 step + 1.5 step + 0.5 step.
Examples in popular music
Black Metal band Keep of Kalessin has used this scale in some songs from their album Armada.
Children of Bodom has also used this scale occasionally, for example, in the intro riff to their song Hatebreeder.
Sources
- ^ Middlebrook, Ron (1984). Scales and Modes in the Beginning, p.125. ISBN 0898981514.
- ^ Fischer, Peter (1996). Rock Guitar Secrets, p.160. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN 3927190624, 9783927190627.
- ^ Robert Fink, Robert Ricci (1975). The Language of Twentieth Century Music: A Dictionary of Terms, p.3. Schirmer Books. ISBN 0028706005, 9780028706009.