Scale (music) identified by using a binary system of twelve zeros or ones to represent each of the twelve notes of a chromatic scale. It is assumed that the scale is tuned using 12-tone equal temperament (so that, for instance, C is the same as D), and that the tonic is in the leftmost position. For example, the binary number 101011010101, equivalent to the decimal number 2773, would represent any major scale (such as C–D–E–F–G–A–B). This system includes scales from 100000000000 (2048) to 111111111111 (4095), providing a total of 2048 possible species, but only 351 unique scales containing from 1 to 12
Blues scale the sound and feel of the blues scale as "funky," "down-home," "earthy," or "bluesy." The blues scale is also used in other genres to reference the blues idiom. Blues scale The term blues scale refers to several different scales with differing numbers of pitches and related characteristics. The hexatonic, or six-note, blues scale consists of the minor pentatonic scale plus the 5th degree of the original heptatonic scale. This added note can be spelled as either a 5 or a 4. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> A major feature of the blues scale is the use