dalarna-herding-mode

Dalarna Herding Mode (Andreya's Interpretation)

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Proposed tuning for the tonality described in Ahlbäck, Tonspråket i äldre svensk folkmusik [The tonal language of older Swedish folk music]. Note: Not a "scale" in the normal sense. It is used as a heptatonic scale, where degrees 3, 6 and 7 are variable with 5 options: Low minor, high minor, neutral, low major, high major. Degree 4 also varies between major, minor and neutral. The tuning of the degree differs depending on where it occurs in the melody. The pitch set is also presented here as an octave-repeating set starting on the tonal center, but in the traditional material, many melodies use a range from a 4th below the root to a 5th above. They also often omit the 6th degree entirely.

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! dalarna-herding-mode.scl
!
Dalarna Herding Mode (Andreya's Interpretation)
!
 21
!
 9/8
 13/11
 6/5
 11/9
 5/4
 14/11
 4/3
 11/8
 45/32
 3/2
 52/33
 8/5
 18/11
 5/3
 56/33
 39/22
 9/5
 11/6
 15/8
 21/11
 2/1
!
! Proposed tuning for the tonality described in Ahlbäck, Tonspråket i äldre
! svensk folkmusik [The tonal language of older Swedish folk music]. Note: Not a
! "scale" in the normal sense. It is used as a heptatonic scale, where degrees 3,
! 6 and 7 are variable with 5 options: Low minor, high minor, neutral, low major,
! high major. Degree 4 also varies between major, minor and neutral. The tuning
! of the degree differs depending on where it occurs in the melody. The pitch set
! is also presented here as an octave-repeating set starting on the tonal center,
! but in the traditional material, many melodies use a range from a 4th below the
! root to a 5th above. They also often omit the 6th degree entirely.
!
! [info]
! source = contrib
! reference = Ahlbäck, S. (1986). Tonspråket i äldre svensk folkmusik. Stockholm, Udda Toner.
! ref_url = https://uddatoner.com/rapidcartpro/index.php?product/page/161/The+tonal+language
! country = Sweden
! contributor = andreya
! contrib_date = 2026-06-02