| 31. | Then move the upper instrument to the second scale degree and the second instrument down to the fifth scale degree.
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| 32. | The Locrian mode is traditionally considered theoretical rather than practical because the triad built on the first scale degree is diminished.
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| 33. | It could not be phrygian as an above user suggested, because the first two scale degrees are a whole step apart.
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| 34. | The scale can also be understood as a mode of the ascending melodic minor scale starting from the 7th scale degree.
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| 35. | The Bebop Major scale, for example, is a major scale with an extra note between the 5th and 6th scale degrees.
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| 36. | The alternation between the root note and the fifth scale degree below it creates the characteristic sound of the alternate bass.
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| 37. | By the end of " Good Vibrations ", all seven scale degrees of the opening E-minor tonic are activated on some level.
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| 38. | The vocal melody is set in the subtonic range, rather than the conventional major seventh scale degree, which presents a Renaissance-style modal.
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| 39. | Carter takes it a step further and shows how the G-flat, the lowered scale degree five and a tritone from C, are emphasized.
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| 40. | It appears once more at the end of the recapitulation, but even then is blunted by the omission of the fifth scale degree.
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