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Scale 1621: "Prometheus (Scriabin)"

Also known as: Mystic, Raga Barbara)

Scale 1621: Prometheus (Scriabin), Ian Ring Music Theory
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Tones6 (hexatonic)
Pitch Class Set{0,2,4,6,9,10}
Forte Number6-34
Rotational Symmetrynone
Palindromicno
Hemitonia1 (unhemitonic)
Cohemitonia0 (ancohemitonic)
Imperfections4
Modes5
Prime?no
prime: 683
Chiralityyes
enantiomorph: 1357
Deep Scaleno
Interval Vector142422
Interval Spectrump2m4n2s4dt2
Distribution Spectra<1> = {1,2,3}
<2> = {3,4,5}
<3> = {5,6,7}
<4> = {7,8,9}
<5> = {9,10,11}
Spectra Variation1.667
Myhill Propertyno
Coherenceno
Heliotonicno

Modes

Modes are the rotational transformation of this scale. Scale 1621 can be rotated to make 5 other scales.

Scale 1429Scale 1429, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1381Scale 1381, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1369Scale 1369, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 683Scale 683, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2389Scale 2389: Eskimo Hexatonic 2, Ian Ring Music TheoryEskimo Hexatonic 2

Prime

The prime form of this scale is Scale 683

Scale 683Scale 683, Ian Ring Music Theory

Negative

The hexatonic modal family [1621, 1429, 1381, 1369, 683, 2389] is the negative of the hexatonic modal family [683, 1369, 1381, 1429, 1621, 2389]

Inverse

The inverse of a scale is a reflection using the root as its axis. The inverse of 1621 is 1357

Scale 1357Scale 1357: Takemitsu Tree Line mode 2, Ian Ring Music TheoryTakemitsu Tree Line mode 2

Enantiomorph

Only scales that are chiral will have an enantiomorph. Scale 1621 is chiral, and its enantiomorph is scale 1357

Scale 1357Scale 1357: Takemitsu Tree Line mode 2, Ian Ring Music TheoryTakemitsu Tree Line mode 2

Nearby Scales:

These are other scales that are similar to this one, created by adding a tone, removing a tone, or moving one note up or down a semitone.

Scale 1623Scale 1623, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1617Scale 1617, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1619Scale 1619: Prometheus Neapolitan, Ian Ring Music TheoryPrometheus Neapolitan
Scale 1625Scale 1625, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1629Scale 1629, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1605Scale 1605, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1613Scale 1613, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1637Scale 1637, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1653Scale 1653: Minor Romani inverse, Ian Ring Music TheoryMinor Romani inverse
Scale 1557Scale 1557, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1589Scale 1589: Raga Rageshri, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Rageshri
Scale 1685Scale 1685, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1749Scale 1749: Acoustic, Ian Ring Music TheoryAcoustic
Scale 1877Scale 1877, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1109Scale 1109, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1365Scale 1365: Whole-tone, Ian Ring Music TheoryWhole-tone
Scale 597Scale 597: Kung, Ian Ring Music TheoryKung
Scale 2645Scale 2645: Raga Mruganandana, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Mruganandana
Scale 3669Scale 3669, Ian Ring Music Theory

This scale analysis was created by Ian Ring, Canadian Composer of works for Piano, and total music theory nerd. The software used to generate this analysis is an open source project at GitHub. Scale notation generated by VexFlow, and MIDI playback by MIDI.js