Scale of the Day: F Lydian no 5 mapped to the Square-root-of-2

The F Lydian no 5 mapped to the Square-root-of-2 Scale. The two quarter-tone members of this scale put a shift on what might have otherwise passed for a chromatic scale to a less-attentive ear. As always with square-root-of-2 based scales, the compositional challenge is to treat the "tritone" as harmonically equivalent to the octave. The ear might take some convincing. But the conceptual challenge leads to some interesting sonic results.

This will be the last subtractive scale for a while.

Scale of the Day: E Lydian no 5

The intervallic content of the E Lydian no 5 Scale. This scale retains that Lydian "brightness" while the missing 5th leaves the augmented 4th without the natural gravitational force one normally associates with Lydian scales.

Scale of the Day: F Lydian minor 2, no 5

The F Lydian minor 2, no 5 Scale as one would find it on any conventionally tuned, equal tempered instrument. The minor 2 opens up an augmented second between the second and third scale degree. And the missing 5 leaves a minor third between the augmented fourth and major sixth. In an equal tempered environment, the augmented second and minor third are both exactly 300 cents wide - opening up a harmonic ambiguity well worth exploring. Also, the minor second and major seventh both have a strong gravitational pull toward the tonic that reinforces a sense of resolution despite the lack of a perfect fifth to reinforce the root triad.