Hi Walter, A few random thoughts in response to your question: Some scales aren't designed, they evolve over time in a musical culture. Later they may be...

... I can only describe my own perspective, but there are various features of scales that you can look for: symmetry, variety of interval sizes, melodic and...

Hi Walter, Though many of my friends and relatives might say I am possessed by demons, I think it's more something like The Muses playing in my brain. (ok..so...

... scale? Hi Walter, Soooo glad you asked! 8-} Over the course of many years, I have spent innumerable hours addressing the (usually self-imposed) challenge...

... Glad you brought this up, Gene Ward Smith, because in my experience this is a murky area for some musicians, a bit of swamp that needs to crossed in order...