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Five scales from around the world, all rooted on the same note (C), played over the same trending melody.

Maqam Hijaz

Arabic/Egyptian · 0.0s – 18.5s

Do (C) · Reb (Db) · Mi (E) · Fa (F) · Sol (G) · Lab (Ab) · Sib (Bb)

15 notes in the scale run, 37 in the tune

Celtic · 18.5s – 35.0s

Do (C) · Re (D) · Mib (Eb) · Fa (F) · Sol (G) · La (A) · Sib (Bb)

14 notes in the scale run, 43 in the tune

Chinese · 35.0s – 49.0s

Gong (C) · Shang (D) · Jue (E) · Zhi (G) · Yu (A)

10 notes in the scale run, 40 in the tune

Japanese · 49.0s – 64.0s

Do (C) · Reb (Db) · Fa (F) · Sol (G) · Lab (Ab)

11 notes in the scale run, 45 in the tune

Sundanese (Indonesian) · 64.0s – 80.4s

Da (C) - 1 · Mi (Eb) - 2 · Na (F) - 3 · Ti (G) - 4 · La (Bb) - 5

Degung traditionally uses non-12-TET tuning; letters below are nearest Western approximations.

9 notes in the scale run, 42 in the tune

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