Between the scale tones within the octave, which is “the solfege interval between one ‘do’ and another”—or, the distance on a piano between any white keys that are eight consecutive white keys apart e.g., C D E F G A B C, the distance or musical interval between any two Cs is an octave. Give some examples of how non-Western music-cultures organize their octave or scales
(Examples may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
• Javanese slendro scale (five equidistant intervals) and pelog scale (seven tones)
• pentatonic scales (five-note scales similar to playing only the black keys on a piano) and often heard in European folk music
• ragas—organized melodic matrices—used in classical music of South India (karnatic music)
- Arab modes (maqam) are characteristic scales that may include non-tempered "quarter tones"—see further explanation in Chapter 10.
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