An e-book version of "Chaos In Boxes" is currently in the editing phase. While I was editing, a footnoted brainfart got a bit of exploration, and an exciting new observation is the result.
Ready?
Here it is:
QUESTION: What do you get when you subtract the Major Scale from the Chromatic Scale?
PROCEDURE: The C Major Scale contains the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B. The Chromatic scale contains all of these, plus C#, D#, F#, G#, A#. Those notes make up the F# Major Pentatonic Scale.
ANSWER: the Chromatic Scale minus any chosen Major Scale results in the Major Pentatonic Scale whose root is a tritone away from the root of the chosen Major Scale.
At the risk of attracting ridicule from the establishment, I'm sticking my chest out real far while putting a big old "Quod Erat Demonstrandum" on this document.
Q.E.D.
Booyah, baby!
Sean Luciw,
authour, "Chaos In Boxes: twisted adventures in music theory"
Saturday, March 24, 2012
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