Music on bells can often seem out of tune, but are there songs that actually sound perfectly in tune? Join me as we search for a musical scale that fully encompasses the minor third overtones of bells and discover the octatonic scale.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Major or Minor?
1:20 Minor scale overtones
3:12 How about modal scales?
3:57 Diminished chord
4:27 Expanding the diminished chord into a scale
5:11 Overtones of the octatonic scale
6:32 How many octatonic scales are there?
7:25 Triads & 7ths in octatonic scale
7:48 An octatonic song?
8:50 Analyzing octatonic measures
10:57 How often to play octatnic music?
11:52 John Courter's Fantasia Octatonica
16:10 Bye!

Want to know more about the minor 3rd on bells? Check out my first video on this topic ;-)
   • Why do bells sound out of tune?  

Sheet music for John Courter's Fantasia Octatonica:
https://www.gcna.org/music-store#!/PD...

Other songs utilized in this video:
Tiny Dancer, Elton John:    • Tiny Dancer, Elton John - carillon bells  
Imperial March:    • Star Wars on Bells  

Interested in learning more about the octatonic scale? Here's a great video by a really great channel:    • Pieces Of Eight: Mysteries Of The Oct...  

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