In Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 by Liszt from John Thompson's Grade 3 (the key singanture is Cm) there is the following scale + 2 following notes:
D E F# G A Bb C D Eb F#
Is there a name for this scale?
EDIT:
This is the surrounding of the passage:

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In Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 by Liszt from John Thompson's Grade 3 (the key singanture is Cm) there is the following scale + 2 following notes:
D E F# G A Bb C D Eb F# Is there a name for this scale? EDIT:
This is the surrounding of the passage:
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With the Without knowing the surroundings, the passage looks to me as being a D dominant to a following Gm. EDIT: In relation to the question edit. Well written music! So the harmonic context could be described as
| Cm | Gm/D | D7(b13) D7(b9b13) | Gm |
Acually I'm not sure the whole phrase should be seen as belonging to one scale. I think you may have to look at it as two scales. Also you have to decide if you want to think about it in the context of the tonality or in the context of the current chord or function. If you look at the phrase as a melody in the context of the (temporary) tonality G minor - which is well stated in the build up and resolution - then the melody is conforming to first (1) a G ascending melodic minor scale (with the E) that turns into (2) a G harmonic minor scale (with the Eb). I.e tones
(1) G A Bb C D E F#
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(2) G A Bb C D Eb F#
If you look at the phrase as a phrase in the context of the current chord - the dominant D - then you first have (3) a D mixolydian b6 scale (with the E) that turns into (4) a D mixolydian b2 b6 scale (with the Eb). I.e tones
(3) D E F# G A Bb C
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(4) D Eb F# G A Bb C
As you see it's the same tone materials. The mixolydian scales are built on the fifth degree (the dominant) of respecive minor scale. Or, as luser droog suggests, you could look at it all as a G melodic minor scale using tones of both the ascending and descending variants.
It depends on what you want to convey when you use the name of the scale.
It's up to you to decide how you want to look at it given the context you want to apply it to. Now Ulf, stop ranting already! |
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This set of notes comprise G Melodic Minor. The B♭ gives you the minor character in the third scale degree from G. The E and F come in two flavors; E♮ and F♯ define the top end of a G Major scale; E♭ and F♮ give you the top of a G Natural Minor scale. Typically you choose flavors to follow the melody (hence "Melodic"), but alternating between the two creates a sort of tension that can drive a subsequent key-change. Edit: Under my interpretation, the D is the root of the chord, but not the scale (btw, F♮ is not present which my theory would seem to require). But I think Ulf has a valid perspective as well, and if you were to extract the scale from the piece as reuse it, you probably would relate it to D to distill the right flavor. |
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