Algerian scale
Eight notes make this a harmonic minor with a raised fourth added rather than substituted, so the natural and raised fourths are both present and the parent scale survives intact underneath.
- Used for
- North African flavored and cinematic music.
- Formula
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Steps W H W H H H 1½ H Semitones 2-1-2-1-1-1-3-1 Degrees 1 2 ♭3 4 ♯4 5 ♭6 7 - Relationships
- It is the fourth mode of the Bebop Altered scale.
Algerian in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Algerian scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Algerian scale piano guitar
- D D Algerian scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Algerian scale piano guitar
- E E Algerian scale piano guitar
- F F Algerian scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Algerian scale piano guitar
- G G Algerian scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Algerian scale piano guitar
- A A Algerian scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Algerian scale piano guitar
- B B Algerian scale piano guitar
