Hexatonic collection

1. How many hexatonic scales are there?
2. What are the notes in a hexatonic scale?
3. How do you make a hexatonic scale?
4. What is a pitch class collection?

How many hexatonic scales are there?

Using the syllables ut, re, me, fa, sol, and la to refer to the pitches, the 11th-century Italian theorist Guido d'Arezzo identified three hexatonic scales—which he called hexachords—built of whole- and half-step intervals.

What are the notes in a hexatonic scale?

In music and music theory, a hexatonic scale is a scale with six pitches or notes per octave. Famous examples include the whole tone scale, C D E F♯ G♯ A♯ C; the augmented scale, C D♯ E G A♭ B C; the Prometheus scale, C D E F♯ A B♭ C; and the blues scale, C E♭ F G♭ G B♭ C.

How do you make a hexatonic scale?

You can combine two triads (major, minor or any combination) and make a HEXATONIC scale. These two triads must be mutually exclusive. They must not share any common tones. -MAJOR + MINOR- From a major triad and a minor triad a TONE apart.

What is a pitch class collection?

A pitch collection is a collection of pitches used in a composition. Collections can consist of any notes and involve as few as two or as many as twelve. Normally, pitch collections are assumed to be unordered collections. That means they do not imply an order or hierarchy within the collection.