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With 3 valves there are 8 possibles combinations.
This can be represented using a box for each valve, a gray box is a valve down:
The same way a scale can be represented as a vertical mosaic to play from top to bottom.
Black is used to mimic the black keys on a piano.
Following are some scales, the column on the left is the chromatic scales from Fa#3 to Mi6.
Major scales:
Major scales by fifth:
Major scales by fifth on 2 octaves:
Minor scales Melodic/Pure:
Diminushed scales:
Arpeggios:
Modes:
Why doing this?
- Reading such mosaic scale is much easier than reading notes, you don't even need to be able to read music
- You have a better visualisation of interval between notes
- The reverse notation helps thinking down going up and thinking up going down
That being said this is just for fun, also worth reading:
https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/
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