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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.
Hey. These tradition pages are a big mess right now. If you look below you will see lots of chaos and duplication and misspellings. I'm working on a new organization scheme for scale names; when that's ready it will all look way better and everything will be accurate.
TL;DR Please ignore this page. Or, peruse it at your own peril.
| 5 | Vietnamese Ditonic | ||
| 41 | Vietnamese Tritonic | ||
| 59 | Spanish Pentacluster | ||
| 79 | Blues Pentacluster | ||
| 103 | Oriental Pentacluster | ||
| 137 | Peruvian Tritonic 2 | ||
| 145 | Peruvian Tritonic 1 | ||
| 149 | Eskimo Tetratonic | ||
| 161 | Warao Tritonic | ||
| 169 | Vietnamese Tetratonic | ||
| 219 | Istrian | ||
| 307 | Syrian Pentatonic | ||
| 395 | Balinese | ||
| 395 | South-East Asian | ||
| 397 | Japanese Mode | ||
| 419 | Japanese (a) | ||
| 419 | Japanese (A) | ||
| 421 | Japanese (b) | ||
| 421 | Japanese (B) | ||
| 661 | Peruvian Pentatonic 1 | ||
| 677 | Scottish Pentatonic | ||
| 693 | Scottish Hexatonic | ||
| 725 | Ancient Chinese | ||
| 877 | Hungarian Minor | ||
| 877 | Hungarian Major Inverse | ||
| 947 | Romani Hexatonic | ||
| 947 | Gipsy Hexatonic | ||
| 947 | Gypsy Heptatonic | ||
| 947 | Gypsy Hexatonic | ||
| 1025 | Warao Ditonic | ||
| 1037 | Warao Tetratonic | ||
| 1165 | Pygmy | ||
| 1189 | Egyptian | ||
| 1193 | Peruvian Pentatonic 2 | ||
| 1193 | Peruvian Minor Pentatonic | ||
| 1197 | Eskimo Hexatonic 1 | ||
| 1395 | Asian (a) | ||
| 1395 | Oriental 3 | ||
| 1395 | Oriental | ||
| 1395 | Oriental (a) | ||
| 1397 | Arabian (b) | ||
| 1403 | Jewish Scale I | ||
| 1403 | Spanish Octatonic | ||
| 1403 | Eight-tone Spanish | ||
| 1453 | Peruvian Minor | ||
| 1459 | Jewish Scale II | ||
| 1459 | Spanish Gypsy | ||
| 1459 | Spanish Gipsy | ||
| 1459 | Spanish Romani | ||
| 1459 | Dorico Flamenco | ||
| 1459 | Altered Hungarian | ||
| 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 | Asian (b) | ||
| 1651 | Hungarian Minor Inverse | ||
| 1651 | Minor Romani Inverse | ||
| 1651 | Oriental | ||
| 1651 | Oriental 1 | ||
| 1651 | Minor Gypsy Inverse | ||
| 1651 | Minor Gipsy Inverse | ||
| 1651 | Oriental (b) | ||
| 1653 | Minor Gypsy Inverse | ||
| 1653 | Minor Gipsy Inverse | ||
| 1653 | Minor Romani Inverse | ||
| 1709 | Eskimo Heptatonic | ||
| 1711 | Jewish | ||
| 1711 | Spanish Octamode | ||
| 1741 | Ukranian Dorian | ||
| 1741 | Romanian Scale | ||
| 1741 | Rumanian Minor | ||
| 1741 | Ukrainian Minor | ||
| 1747 | Romanian Major | ||
| 1753 | Hungarian Major | ||
| 1891 | Gypsy 2 | ||
| 2389 | Eskimo Hexatonic 2 | ||
| 2419 | Persian | ||
| 2475 | Hungarian Gipsy | ||
| 2475 | Hungarian Romani | ||
| 2483 | Major Gipsy | ||
| 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 | Gipsy Hexatonic Inverse | ||
| 2489 | Gypsy Heptatonic inverse | ||
| 2489 | Gypsy Hexatonic Inverse | ||
| 2489 | Gypsy Heptatonic Inverse | ||
| 2489 | Romani Hexatonic 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 | ||
| 2805 | Kubilai's Mongol | ||
| 2841 | African Pentatonic 3 | ||
| 2925 | Arabian A | ||
| 3515 | Moorish Phrygian | ||
| 3699 | Oriental 2 | ||
| 3699 | Oriental | ||
| 3765 | Chinese Eight-Tone |