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A♯ Vietnamese scale
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About the A sharp Vietnamese scale

A sharp 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 draws four black keys from the piano, A♯, C♯, D♯, and F♯.

Notes and intervals

1A#A♯Root
2C#C♯Minor 3rd
3D#D♯Perfect 4th
4E#E♯Perfect 5th
5F#F♯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 scaleC sharp Vietnamese scaleD Vietnamese scaleD sharp Vietnamese scaleE Vietnamese scaleF Vietnamese scaleF sharp Vietnamese scaleG Vietnamese scaleG sharp Vietnamese scaleA Vietnamese scaleB Vietnamese scale

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