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Ambassel scale

Ambassel scale

Pentatonic scale used in Gonder and Wollo Province in Ethiopia

For the region, see Ambassel.

The Ambassel scale is a pentatonic scale widely used in the Gonder and Wollo regions of Ethiopia.

The Ambassel scale

The notes of the scale (from C) are C, Db, F, G and Ab. It can be viewed as a pentatonic subset of the Phrygian scale on intervals 1, ♭2, 4, 5, ♭6 or as a mode of the Hirajoshi scale.

The scale is used in Ethiopian music for songs with historical themes. It can be heard used on the song "Ambassel" by Abate Berihun and Yitzhak Yedid on their Duo Ras Dashen album.

See also

References

  • Ege, Svein; Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw (2009), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (PDF), Trondheim, archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-20, retrieved 2016-05-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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