Korg Pa4X User Manual page 874

860| Global settings and preferences
Scales list
Scale
Equal
Pure Major
Pure Minor
Arabic
Pythagorean
Werckmeister
Kirnberger
Slendro
Pelog
Stretch
User
Description
Equal tuning, the standard scale for modern Western music. It is made
of 12 identical semitones.
Major chords in the selected key are perfectly tuned.
Minor chords in the selected key are perfected tuned.
An Arabic scale, using quarters of tone. Set the Key parameter as fol-
lows:
C - for the 'rast C/bayati D' scale
D - for the 'rast D/bayati E' scale
F - for the 'rast F/bayati G' scale
G - for the 'rast G/bayati A' scale
A# - for the 'rast Bb/bayati C' scale
Pythagorean scale, based on the music theories of the great Greek phi-
losopher and mathematician Pythagoras. It is most suitable for melo-
dies.
Late Baroque and early Classic age scale. Very suitable for 18th Century
music.
Harpsichord scale, very common during the 18th Century.
Scale of the Indonesian Gamelan. The octave is divided in five notes (C,
D, F, G, A). The remaining notes are tuned as in the Equal tuning.
Scale of the Indonesian Gamelan. The octave is divided in seven notes
(all white keys, when Key is = C). The black keys are tuned as in the Equal
tuning.
Simulates the 'stretched' tuning of an acoustic piano. Basically an equal
tuning, the lowest notes are slightly lower, while the highest notes are
slightly higher than the standard.
User scale, only available as a sub-scale. The User scale can be saved to
a Keyboard Set, the Style Settings or a MIDI Song. You can't select it as
the main scale in the Global.