******************* Scales ******************* This page presents the scales I have found in the internet. Except the standard chromatic scales, (Major: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half) (Minor: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole), they are many other special scales. Some of them even consists less than 7 notes, such as pentatonic scales. Basic ======= - 大什麼小什麼是什麼調 | http://pinkspider.pixnet.net/blog/post/25960660-%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E5%B0%8F%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E8%AA%BF | This website is in Chinese. It gives a brief review of relationship between major and minor. - 流行曲樂理教室之： diatonic scale（全音階） | https://www.facebook.com/hennessyharmony/posts/162762923864160 | This website is in Hong Kong Chinese. It gives a brief review of diatonic scale. - Sol-Fa Name 唱名表 | http://zeroviolin.blogspot.hk/p/sol-fa-name.html | It gives a brief review of Sol-Fa Name. - HALF STEPS, WHOLE STEPS and SCALE FORMULAS | http://www.bandnotes.info/tidbits/scales/half-whl.htm | It introduces "Interval Formula". - What is the relationship between “do re mi” and note letter names? | http://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4957/what-is-the-relationship-between-do-re-mi-and-note-letter-names | It introduces the relationship between sofa name and letter name. Pentatonic Scale ===================== Video ------ **Pentatonic Scales Illustrated On The Piano ** .. raw:: html | I really feel that the sounds played by the black key solely has a Chinese music characteristic. Text ------- - 五聲音階(Pentatonic Scale) | http://guitarcenter.pixnet.net/blog/post/21933517-%E4%BA%94%E8%81%B2%E9%9F%B3%E9%9A%8E%28pentatonic-scale%29 | Brief review of pentatonic scale. - 初學必學之音階！五聲音階及其應用 | http://pan5410.pixnet.net/blog/post/28980039-%E5%88%9D%E5%AD%B8%E5%BF%85%E5%AD%B8%E4%B9%8B%E9%9F%B3%E9%9A%8E%EF%BC%81%E4%BA%94%E8%81%B2%E9%9F%B3%E9%9A%8E%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E6%87%89%E7%94%A8 | It said pentatonic scale is used in many different form of music. - Why does playing random black keys on the piano sound like "asian music" | http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521616 | It mentioned the fact that we get a pentatonic scale by playing random b - 各種音階給人不同的感覺 | http://mizjlfvnnowkr.pixnet.net/blog/post/12892719-%E5%90%84%E7%A8%AE%E9%9F%B3%E9%9A%8E%E7%B5%A6%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%8D%E5%90%8C%E7%9A%84%E6%84%9F%E8%A6%BA | It compares the difference between Chinese pentatonic scale and Japanese pentatonic scale. - Pentatonic scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic_scale | It said for the Eb Minor pentatonic scale and Gb Major pentatonic scale, the melody built on them will be all in black keys. - 日本传统歌曲中常用的音阶有哪些？ | https://www.zhihu.com/question/19833879 | It focuses on Japanese pentatonic scale. - 【淺談】中國與日本之傳統音樂調式 | http://home.gamer.com.tw/creationDetail.php?sn=2786997 | It compares the difference between Chinese pentatonic scale and Japanese pentatonic scale. - 五聲音階及其應用 | http://www.modernmusician.com/mm/depart-lession/Theo-PentaScale/Pentatoinc-Scale.html | It explains the theory of pentatonic scale. - 五聲音階 (Pentatonic) 與調式音階 (Mode) 的關係 | http://rickmidi.blogspot.com/2008/09/pentatonic-mode.html | It explains the theory of pentatonic scale in detail. Advance ========== - INTRODUCTION TO THE SCALE SYLLABUS | http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/download/FREE-scale-syllabus.pdf | This website contains many different scales. - basicmusictheory | https://www.basicmusictheory.com/ | This website gives a comphensive review of music theory. - What is a Scale Formula and How to Use it For Guitar | http://www.guitarhabits.com/what-is-a-scale-formula-and-how-to-use-it-for-guitar/ | This website lists many scales. - ミュジオリー音楽理論 | http://music.cyberlab.info/scales/ | It is a Japanese website which lists out many scales.