Editing Hexatonic scale (section)

==Mode-based hexatonic scale==<!--i don't know what this is actually called-->
{{See also|Mode (music)}}

The major hexatonic scale is made from a [[major scale]] and removing the seventh note, e.g., C D E F G A C.<ref name="songwriting">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-DO3HSM-KEC&q=shady+grove+hexatonic+scale&pg=PA57 | title=You Can Teach Yourself Song Writing | publisher=Mel Bay Publications | date=January 21, 2011 | access-date=March 13, 2016 | author=McCabe, Larry| isbn=9781610654883 }}</ref> It can also be made from superimposing mutually exclusive triads, e.g., C E G and D F A.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-101-learning-harmony-through-six-note-hexatonic-scales-part-4 | title=Guitar 101: Learning Harmony Through Six-Note Hexatonic Scales, Part 4 | publisher=Guitar World | date=June 5, 2012 | access-date=March 13, 2016 | author=Brown, Jimmy}}</ref>

Similarly, the minor hexatonic scale is made from a [[minor scale]] by removing the sixth note, e.g., C D E{{music|flat}} F G B{{music|flat}} C.<ref name="songwriting" />

Irish and Scottish and many other folk traditions use six-note scales. They can be easily described by the addition of two triads a tone apart, e.g., Am and G in "[[Shady Grove (song)|Shady Grove]]", or omitting the fourth or sixth from the seven-note diatonic scale. {{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

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!Mode||I||II||III||IV||V||VI
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!Name
|Major hexatonic||Minor hexatonic||Ritsu Onkai||Raga Kumud||Mixolydian hexatonic||Phrygian hexatonic
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!Notes
|1 2 3 4 5 6||{{nowrap|1 2 {{music|flat}}3 4 5 {{music|flat}}7}}||1 {{music|flat}}2 {{music|flat}}3 4 {{music|flat}}6 {{music|flat}}7||1 2 3 5 6 7||1 2 4 5 6 {{music|flat}}7||1 {{music|flat}}3 4 5 {{music|flat}}6 {{music|flat}}7
|-
!Based on modes
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*Ionian
*Mixolydian
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*Dorian
*Aeolian
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*Phrygian
*Locrian
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*Lydian
*Ionian
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*Mixolydian
*Dorian
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*Aeolian
*Phrygian
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!Omitted note
|7||6||5||4||3||2
|}