Scales
The following pieces on this website contain different types of scales (e.g., pentatonic, octatonic, whole-tone ).
Pieces that are not in the Public Domain are marked NON-PD and may not have a score.
| PERIOD/PAGE | COMPOSER | COMPOSER CATEGORY | COMPOSITION | ANALYTIC TOPICS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th century | Bloch, Ernest | American | Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 2 | ternary form, modes |
| 20th Century | Bloch, Ernest | American | Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 1 | ternary form/arch form, modes |
| 20th century | Barber, Samuel | American, male | Sonata for Piano, Op. 26, Mvt 1 (1949) -NON-PD | Sonata form |
| 20th Century | Bartok, Bela | Hungarian, Male | 44 Duos for Two Violins, No. 33 Harvest Song (1931) – NON-PD | ternary form, octatonic |
| 20th Century | Bartok, Bela | Hungarian, male | Mikrokosmos, Vol. 4, No. 101: Diminished Fifth (1926-1939) | Octatonic, pitch axis |
| 20th cenutry | Scriabin, Alexander | Russian | Five Preludes, Op. 74, No. 1 | octatonic scale |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Hancock, Herbie | Afircan-American, Black | “Tell Me a Bedtime Story” (1969) – NON-PD | Jazz, octatonic, ternary form, pentatonic, third relationships |
| 20th century | Price, Florence | Female, American, Black | Sonata in E Minor, Mvt. 1 (1932) – NON-PD | Sonata form, Aug 6, Pentatonic |
| 20th century | Price, Florence | Female, American, Black | Sonata in E Minor, Mvt. II (1932) – NON-PD | Rondo form, pentatonic |
| 20th century | Li Yinghai | Chinese | Music At Sunset (2017) – NON-PD | Pentatonic |
| Impressionism | Boulanger, Lili | Female | Les Sirenes (1918) | Ternary form, whole tone scale, pentatonic scale |
| 20th century | Smyth, Ethel | Female | 3 Moods of the Sea, 1. Requies | Ternary form, Whole tone scale |