Prometheus scale
Scriabin's mystic chord, stacked in fourths and central to his late harmony, contains exactly these six pitches, which is why the scale carries the names Mystic Scale and Mystic Chord.
- Used for
- Impressionist and mystical concert music.
- Formula
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Steps W W W 1½ H W Semitones 2-2-2-3-1-2 Degrees 1 2 3 ♯4 6 ♯6 - Relationships
- Rotating it onto the raised sixth degree produces the Synthetic scale.
Prometheus in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Prometheus scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Prometheus scale piano guitar
- D D Prometheus scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Prometheus scale piano guitar
- E E Prometheus scale piano guitar
- F F Prometheus scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Prometheus scale piano guitar
- G G Prometheus scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Prometheus scale piano guitar
- A A Prometheus scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Prometheus scale piano guitar
- B B Prometheus scale piano guitar
