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Enigmatic Ascending scale

Verdi lent his name to this scale after it was printed as a puzzle in an Italian music journal, and the catalog carries it as the Enigmatic Scale for that reason.

Used for
Experimental and dramatic concert writing.
Formula
StepsH 1½ W W W H H
Semitones1-3-2-2-2-1-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Also called
Verdi's Enigmatic Scale.

Enigmatic Ascending in all 12 keys

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