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Scale 2837

Scale 2837, Ian Ring Music Theory
iii

i = imperfections

Tones6 (hexatonic)
Pitch Class Set{0,2,4,8,9,11}
Forte Number6-Z24
Rotational Symmetrynone
Palindromicno
Hemitonia2 (dihemitonic)
Cohemitonia0 (ancohemitonic)
Imperfections3
Modes5
Prime?no
prime: 347
Chiralityyes
enantiomorph: 1307
Deep Scaleno
Interval Vector233331
Interval Spectrump3m3n3s3d2t
Distribution Spectra<1> = {1,2,4}
<2> = {3,4,5,6}
<3> = {4,5,7,8}
<4> = {6,7,8,9}
<5> = {8,10,11}
Spectra Variation2.667
Myhill Propertyno
Balancedno
Coherenceno
Heliotonicno

Modes

Modes are the rotational transformation of this scale. Scale 2837 can be rotated to make 5 other scales. The 1st mode is itself.

2nd mode:
Scale 1733		Scale 1733: Raga Sarasvati, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Sarasvati
3rd mode:
Scale 1457		Scale 1457: Raga Kamalamanohari, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Kamalamanohari
4th mode:
Scale 347		Scale 347, Ian Ring Music TheoryThis is the prime mode
5th mode:
Scale 2221		Scale 2221: Raga Sindhura Kafi, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Sindhura Kafi
6th mode:
Scale 1579		Scale 1579, Ian Ring Music Theory

Prime

The prime form of this scale is Scale 347

Scale 347Scale 347, Ian Ring Music Theory

Negative

The hexatonic modal family [2837, 1733, 1457, 347, 2221, 1579] is the negative of the hexatonic modal family [599, 697, 1481, 1829, 2347, 3221]

Inverse

The inverse of a scale is a reflection using the root as its axis. The inverse of 2837 is 1307

Scale 1307Scale 1307, Ian Ring Music Theory

Enantiomorph

Only scales that are chiral will have an enantiomorph. Scale 2837 is chiral, and its enantiomorph is scale 1307

Scale 1307Scale 1307, Ian Ring Music Theory

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 2839Scale 2839, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2833Scale 2833, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2835Scale 2835, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2841Scale 2841, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2845Scale 2845, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2821Scale 2821, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2829Scale 2829, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2853Scale 2853, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2869Scale 2869: Ionian Augmented, Ian Ring Music TheoryIonian Augmented
Scale 2901Scale 2901: Lydian Augmented, Ian Ring Music TheoryLydian Augmented
Scale 2965Scale 2965, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 2581Scale 2581: Raga Neroshta, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Neroshta
Scale 2709Scale 2709: Raga Kumud, Ian Ring Music TheoryRaga Kumud
Scale 2325Scale 2325, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 3349Scale 3349, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 3861Scale 3861, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 789Scale 789, Ian Ring Music Theory
Scale 1813Scale 1813, 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