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Compiling global examples of music in the Double Harmonic Scale
1-b2-3-4-5-b6-7

(C-Db-E-F-G-Ab-B-C)
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• Double Harmonic: Sounds •
Real-world examples of the scale in action:
- General:
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• Double Harmonic: More •
Features, classifiers, quirks, etc…
[analysis: coming soon]
—Classifiers & Quirks—
- Modes: Hungarian Minor (on ♮3)
- Quirks: Cohemitonic; Centred; Palindromic; Reflectional Symmetry (imperfect: ♮5, b6, ♮7; detached: none)
- Names: Double Harmonic, Byzantine, Ionian b2 b6 (Western); Bhairav Thaat (Hindustani); Mayamalavagaula (Carnatic); Hijazkar (Maqam)
n.b. For more detailed geometric and mathematical analysis, refer to this scale’s entry in Ian Ring’s fantastic Exciting Universe of Music Theory project (for which I am an occasional ‘raga consultant’)


