I found a crude but playable workaround for user defined scales (with limitations)
jim
I found a crude but playable workaround for user defined scales (with limitations)
jim
Wow, thatâs super clever! I never wouldâve thought of that Great ingenuity ^.^
you can kind of create user scales by combining scalers
so to create a pentatonic (major) scale is simple
major , followed by a blues minor transposed down 3 semis ( has to filter notes)
e.g. C Penta Minor = C Major (or just play C Major) , then Blues Minor in A.
other scales can be created similarly, sometimes rounding can also work, you just have to find the relevant âmaskâ scale (the Blue Mn in the above example)
Some of that music theory serious sheeet right there . Nice one
Egyptian mode is Pentatonic
So I was hopeful for this too and surprised not to find it. These days, globalization means many possibilities in what is a âscaleâ (or if you are Frank Zappa you create your own). But, instead of attempting to catalogue all possible scales, or deciding which are âpopularâ or âcrucialâ, the easiest way is to allow custom user scales. Even the âpoor manâs Pyramidâ Beatstep Pro allowed this from the very beginning. You simply provide the ability to include/omit from the âstandardâ 12 tone âWesternâ scale.
But yes, âchoosingâ scales is fraught with peril, especially for worldwide product/diverse audience.
Simple case in point, I wish to use (create, donât expect manufacturers to cater to me) 5-point (pentatonic) Hirajoshi scales â common for centuries in East Asian music.
But, it is a beautiful powerful product. No hate here, just surprised.
is this true?
in your example C Penta Minor = C Major then Blues Minor in A surely the C Major quantizing will filter out the D-sharp and A-sharp.
itâs a great idea in theory, would love to know what the definitive combination of scales to achieve a pentatonic minor scale is. iâve mailed squarp a few times about adding it but to no avail. it does seem a real shame and a strange omission.