Heptatonic scale

Musical scale with seven pitches

A heptatonic scale is a musical scale that has seven pitches, or tones, per octave. Examples include:the diatonic scale; including the major scale and its modes the melodic minor scale, like the Aeolian mode but with raised 6th and 7th ascending the harmonic minor scale, like the Aeolian mode but with raised 7th the harmonic major scale, like the major scale but with lowered 6th

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