Spanish Heptatonic scale
Flamenco guitar is the reason this scale is cataloged at all, and its eight notes contradict the heptatonic in its name, which the alternate name Spanish Eight-Tone quietly corrects.
- Used for
- Flamenco and Spanish-flavored music.
- Formula
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Steps H W H H W H W W Semitones 1-2-1-1-2-1-2-2 Degrees 1 ♭2 ♭3 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the third mode of the Bebop Major scale.
- Also called
- Flamenco Scale and Spanish Gypsy.
Spanish Heptatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Spanish Heptatonic scale piano guitar
