Music Scales

[hs Monica]

How would you define a chromatic scale and what is the most common conception of this scale?

If you have any additional information about this scale, please feel free to post.


Thank you in advance!     

[hsgurpreet]

 :)The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone or half step apart.
The most common conception of the chromatic scale before equal temperament was the Pythagorean chromatic scale, which is essentially a series of eleven 3:2 perfect fifths.
The term chromatic derives from the Greek word chroma, meaning color. Chromatic notes are traditionally understood as harmonically inessential embellishments, shadings, or inflections of diatonic notes.
 

[hs Rajajee]

What is a dorian scale?

[hs Rommy]

Hey Rajajee, 

A dorian scale has many different musical modes, which means it can be played in a variety of ways. The most common dorian scale is a major scale where you flat the 3rd and 7th notes.   

For example,

Your C major scale is:
C D E F G A B C

Now, in order to get a C dorian scale you would have to flat both the E and B notes since E is the 3rd note and B is the 7th note.

Therefore, your C dorian scale should look like this:
C D Eb F G A Bb C

I hope this helped.