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The Algerian Scale is a scale which is frequently found in 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 Middle Eastern music.

(Fischer 1996)^[2]

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.

External links

Algerian Scale demonstrated for Guitar

[1] Middlebrook, Ron (1984). Scales and Modes in the Beginning, p.125. ISBN 0898981514.

[2] Fischer, Peter (1996). Rock Guitar Secrets, p.160. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN 3927190624, 9783927190627.

[3] Robert Fink, Robert Ricci (1975). The Language of Twentieth Century Music: A Dictionary of Terms, p.3. Schirmer Books. ISBN 0028706005, 9780028706009.

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-The Algerian Scale is a scale which is frequently found in a lot of [[Algeria]]n, [[Arab]], [[Berber people|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.
+The Algerian Scale is a scale which is frequently found in [[Algeria]]n, [[Arab]], [[Berber people|Berber]], and [[North African]] music. The frequent use of 1.5 [[steps]] in the scale helps create a sound which is commonly associated with [[Middle Eastern]] music.
 [[Image:Algerian scaleB.png|thumb|right|350px|(Fischer 1996)<ref>Fischer, Peter (1996). ''Rock Guitar Secrets'', p.160. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN 3927190624, 9783927190627.</ref>]]