Arabic scale

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Arabic scale (plural Arabic scales)

  1. (music) double harmonic scale, a scale with two augmented seconds:
    {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"clarinet"c'des'e'f'g'aes'b'c''2}
  2. (music) quarter tone scale, or 24 tone equal temperament:
    \relative c'{c8 cih cis cisih d dih dis disih e eih f fih fis fisih g gih gis gisih a aih ais aisih b bih \bar "|" c2}
  3. (music) 17 equal temperament, a tuning dividing the octave into 17 equal steps:
    \relative c'{c8 cih cis d dih dis e f fih fis g gih gis a aih ais b c2}
  4. (music) major Locrian scale, a scale similar to Locrian:
    {c'd'e'f'ges'aes'bes'c''}