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Scale Name Tradition: Exoticisms
These are scale names that were coined by western theorists, using names of foreign and exotic places. In some cases the names have a real connection to a place or culture they describe, but too often these names are unrelated to any actual musical traditions. Some are arguably racist. Many of these modes have authentic names, for example the exoticism named "Jewish" scale (1711) is called "Adonai Malakh" in the Jewish musical tradition.
| 5 | Vietnamese Ditonic | ||
| 41 | Vietnamese Tritonic | ||
| 59 | Spanish Pentacluster | ||
| 79 | Blues Pentacluster | ||
| 103 | Oriental Pentacluster | ||
| 137 | Peruvian Tritonic II | ||
| 145 | Peruvian Tritonic I | ||
| 149 | Eskimo Tetratonic | ||
| 149 | Inuit Tetratonic | ||
| 161 | Warao Tritonic | ||
| 169 | Vietnamese Tetratonic | ||
| 219 | Istrian | ||
| 307 | Syrian Pentatonic | ||
| 395 | Balinese | ||
| 395 | South-East Asian | ||
| 397 | Japanese Mode | ||
| 419 | Japanese (A) | ||
| 421 | Japanese (B) | ||
| 661 | Peruvian Pentatonic I | ||
| 677 | Scottish Pentatonic | ||
| 693 | Scottish Hexatonic | ||
| 725 | Ancient Chinese | ||
| 853 | Eskimo Hexatonic | ||
| 853 | Eskimo Hexatonic II | ||
| 853 | Inuit Hexatonic | ||
| 877 | Hungarian Minor | ||
| 877 | Hungarian Major Inverse | ||
| 947 | Romani Hexatonic | ||
| 947 | Gypsy Heptatonic | ||
| 1025 | Warao Ditonic | ||
| 1037 | Warao Tetratonic | ||
| 1165 | Pygmy | ||
| 1189 | Egyptian | ||
| 1193 | Peruvian Pentatonic II | ||
| 1193 | Peruvian Minor Pentatonic | ||
| 1197 | Eskimo Hexatonic I | ||
| 1395 | Asian (a) | ||
| 1395 | Oriental | ||
| 1395 | Oriental III | ||
| 1397 | Arabian (b) | ||
| 1401 | Spanish Heptatonic | ||
| 1403 | Jewish Scale I | ||
| 1403 | Spanish Octatonic | ||
| 1403 | Eight-tone Spanish | ||
| 1403 | Spanish 8 tone | ||
| 1451 | Spanish Mode | ||
| 1453 | Peruvian Minor | ||
| 1459 | Jewish Scale II | ||
| 1459 | Spanish | ||
| 1459 | Spanish Gypsy | ||
| 1459 | Jewish II | ||
| 1459 | Spanish Romani | ||
| 1459 | Dorico Flamenco | ||
| 1459 | Altered Hungarian | ||
| 1459 | Spanish Major | ||
| 1461 | Hindu Scale | ||
| 1461 | Arabic Minor | ||
| 1461 | Oriental Minor | ||
| 1461 | Hindu | ||
| 1461 | Hindustani | ||
| 1467 | Spanish Phrygian | ||
| 1485 | Gypsy | ||
| 1485 | Minor Gipsy | ||
| 1485 | Hungarian Gypsy | ||
| 1485 | Minor Romani | ||
| 1485 | Romani Scale | ||
| 1643 | Pseudo Turkish | ||
| 1651 | Asian | ||
| 1651 | Hungarian Minor Inverse | ||
| 1651 | Oriental | ||
| 1651 | Oriental I | ||
| 1651 | Minor Gypsy Inverse | ||
| 1653 | Minor Gypsy Inverse | ||
| 1653 | Minor Romani Inverse | ||
| 1709 | Eskimo Heptatonic | ||
| 1711 | Jewish | ||
| 1711 | Spanish Octamode | ||
| 1741 | Tunisian | ||
| 1741 | Romanian Scale | ||
| 1741 | Ukrainian Minor | ||
| 1741 | Romanian Minor | ||
| 1741 | Ukrainian Dorian | ||
| 1741 | Spanish Phrygian III | ||
| 1747 | Romanian Major | ||
| 1753 | Hungarian Major | ||
| 1891 | Gypsy 2 | ||
| 2389 | Eskimo Hexatonic I | ||
| 2389 | Eskimo Hexatonic II | ||
| 2389 | Inuit Hexatonic I | ||
| 2389 | Inuit Hexatonic II | ||
| 2419 | Persian | ||
| 2475 | Hungarian Romani | ||
| 2483 | Hungarian Romani Major | ||
| 2483 | Gypsy II | ||
| 2483 | Major Gypsy | ||
| 2483 | Major Romani | ||
| 2483 | Hungarian Romani Persian | ||
| 2483 | Byzantine | ||
| 2483 | Hungarian Gypsy Persian | ||
| 2483 | Persian | ||
| 2485 | Ethiopian | ||
| 2489 | Gypsy Heptatonic Inverse | ||
| 2509 | Gypsy Minor | ||
| 2509 | Gypsy I | ||
| 2509 | Egyptian | ||
| 2509 | Minor Gipsy | ||
| 2509 | Hungarian Minor | ||
| 2509 | Egyptian Heptatonic | ||
| 2509 | Flamenco Mode | ||
| 2541 | Algerian | ||
| 2675 | Persian 6 | ||
| 2701 | Hawaiian | ||
| 2733 | Hawaiian | ||
| 2739 | Hungarian Gipsy Inverse | ||
| 2739 | Gypsy Inverse | ||
| 2739 | Hungarian Romani Inverse | ||
| 2805 | Kubilai's Mongol Scale | ||
| 2841 | African Pentatonic 3 | ||
| 2925 | Arabian A | ||
| 3515 | Moorish Phrygian | ||
| 3699 | Oriental | ||
| 3699 | Oriental II | ||
| 3765 | Chinese Eight-Tone | ||
| 3765 | Eight-Note Chinese |