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B Oriental (Chinese) scale

About the B Oriental (Chinese) scale

B Oriental (Chinese) is an exotic dominant scale with a flat second and flat fifth. It's used for Middle Eastern flavored and cinematic melodies.

Notes and intervals

1 B Root
2 C Minor 2nd
3 D sharp Major 3rd
4 E Perfect 4th
5 F Diminished 5th
6 G sharp Major 6th
7 A Minor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Oriental (Chinese) in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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