Class: Musa::Scales::HungarianMinorScaleKind Private

Inherits:
ScaleKind show all
Defined in:
lib/musa-dsl/music/scale_kinds/ethnic/hungarian_minor_scale_kind.rb

Overview

This class is part of a private API. You should avoid using this class if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future.

Hungarian minor scale kind.

HungarianMinorScaleKind defines the Hungarian minor scale (also called Gypsy minor or Double Harmonic Minor), a minor scale with two augmented seconds creating an exotic, Eastern European sound.

Pitch Structure

7 diatonic degrees plus extended harmony:

Scale Degrees (lowercase for minor quality):

  • i (tonic): Root (0 semitones)
  • ii (supertonic): Major second (2 semitones)
  • iii (mediant): Minor third (3 semitones)
  • iv (subdominant): Augmented fourth (6 semitones) ← CHARACTERISTIC (#4)
  • v (dominant): Perfect fifth (7 semitones)
  • vi (submediant): Minor sixth (8 semitones)
  • vii (leading): Major seventh (11 semitones)

Two Augmented Seconds

  • Between III and IV (b3 to #4): 3 semitones
  • Between VI and VII (b6 to 7): 3 semitones

Musical Character

The Hungarian minor scale:

  • Dramatic, passionate, exotic
  • Common in Hungarian and Romani music
  • Used by Liszt, Brahms, and other Romantic composers
  • Creates a distinctive "gypsy" sound

Usage

a_hung_min = Scales[:et12][440.0][:hungarian_minor][69]
a_hung_min.tonic  # A (69)
a_hung_min.iv     # D# (75) - augmented fourth
a_hung_min.vii    # G# (80) - major seventh

See Also:

Constant Summary collapse

@@pitches =

This classvariable is part of a private API. You should avoid using this classvariable if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future. 

[{ functions: %i[i _1 tonic first],
pitch: 0 },
             { functions: %i[ii _2 supertonic second],
pitch: 2 },
             { functions: %i[iii _3 mediant third],
pitch: 3 },
             { functions: %i[iv _4 subdominant fourth],
pitch: 6 },
             { functions: %i[v _5 dominant fifth],
pitch: 7 },
             { functions: %i[vi _6 submediant sixth],
pitch: 8 },
             { functions: %i[vii _7 leading seventh],
pitch: 11 },
             { functions: %i[viii _8 eighth],
pitch: 12 },
             { functions: %i[ix _9 ninth],
pitch: 12 + 2 },
             { functions: %i[x _10 tenth],
pitch: 12 + 3 },
             { functions: %i[xi _11 eleventh],
pitch: 12 + 6 },
             { functions: %i[xii _12 twelfth],
pitch: 12 + 7 },
             { functions: %i[xiii _13 thirteenth],
pitch: 12 + 8 }].freeze

Class Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Musa::Scales::ScaleKind

Class Method Details

.grades ⇒ Object

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future. 



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# File 'lib/musa-dsl/music/scale_kinds/ethnic/hungarian_minor_scale_kind.rb', line 90

def grades
  7
end

.id ⇒ Object

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future. 



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# File 'lib/musa-dsl/music/scale_kinds/ethnic/hungarian_minor_scale_kind.rb', line 94

def id
  :hungarian_minor
end

.pitches ⇒ Object

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future. 



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# File 'lib/musa-dsl/music/scale_kinds/ethnic/hungarian_minor_scale_kind.rb', line 86

def pitches
  @@pitches
end