I merged Bb major and D major to see what comes up. The scale has the notes: Bb, C#, D, Eb, F#, G, A, Bb. What scale is this? Can I have chords in this scale? Let me know!
Notation for the scale:
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What makes you think it is a scale in its own right, other than just a bunch of notes in order? Most scales (minors apart) will have only # or b in them. Your header goes to B#, while the body goes to Bb. Spurious..!– TimCommented Aug 5, 2023 at 15:21
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The definition of scale calls for a set scheme to a set of notes. Cannot any set of notes be written ascending or descending then a scheme be assigned to it?– ejbpescaCommented Aug 6, 2023 at 11:55
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Assuming you meant for the scale to go from Bb to Bb and not from Bb to B# (???), it's apparently called the Ionian ♯2 ♯5 scale.
I found out by going through Wikipedia's category Musical scales with augmented seconds.
Relevant article here.
And, uh, yes, sure you can find chords that will be diatonic with that scale. (That's generally true about pretty much any scale.) Just at a glance I see Bb+, D, Eb or Gmi.
AFAIK there's no generally recognised name for this scale other than a simple description like 'Major with #2 and #5'.
Sure, you can build chords from this set of notes. You can build chords from ANY set of notes. There's even some major and minor triads in there!
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1This is not a random scale, as Divizna points, it's a mode of double harmonic scale. Commented Aug 11, 2023 at 1:13
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@user1079505 And yet the article I found doesn't give a name other than "Ionian #2 #5" either, which says exactly the same as "major with #2 and #5".– DiviznaCommented Aug 11, 2023 at 13:15
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If you have to dig deep into the Internet to find a single instance of a label for something, it's a fair indication that that label won't be generally understood. Stick to the descriptive name.– LaurenceCommented Aug 17, 2023 at 22:28