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A♭ Vietnamese scale
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About the A flat Vietnamese scale

A flat Vietnamese is used for Vietnamese-flavored and folk melodies. Think of it as a dark five-note scale with a minor third and flat sixth.

Its notes are A♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, and F♭. The formula is 1½ W W H 4 semitones.

A♭ Vietnamese uses three black keys on the piano, A♭, D♭, and E♭.

Notes and intervals

1AbA♭Root
2CbC♭Minor 3rd
3DbD♭Perfect 4th
4EbE♭Perfect 5th
5FbF♭Minor 6th
Steps1½ W W H 4 semitones
Semitones3-2-2-1-4
Degrees1 ♭3 4 5 ♭6

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Vietnamese in other keys

C Vietnamese scaleD flat Vietnamese scaleD Vietnamese scaleE flat Vietnamese scaleE Vietnamese scaleF Vietnamese scaleG flat Vietnamese scaleG Vietnamese scaleA Vietnamese scaleB flat Vietnamese scaleB Vietnamese scale

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