Scale types – Arturia BeatStep Pro MIDI/Analog Controller and Sequencer Kit with CV/Gate Cables (Black) User Manual

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3.3.3.2. Scale Types

Here’s what each of the Scales looks like. Keep in mind that the last note pictured in each

scale type is actually the first note of the next octave:

There are twelve notes in the chromatic scale: that’s the largest number a Scale can have.

It’s like a musical ‘bypass’ setting: all of the notes entered by the pads will play back at their

original pitches, and all notes are available when the encoder is turned.

Now the ‘filters’ will start to kick in. There are only eight notes in most of these Scales:

Notice that the Blues Scale only contains seven notes.

And last but certainly not least, the…

Only you know what the User Scale will be: choose any note in the chromatic scale and any

number of notes between 1 and 12. To learn how to create one, see the

section of the

chapter.

Chromatic

Major

Minor

Dorian

Mixolydian

Harmonic Minor

Blues

User Scale

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