Major scales, harmonic scales (and its variations), melodic/altered, diminished.
I've discovered 3 scales that are used a lot in Ethiopian music:
1. Standard pentatonic scale. 1,2,3,5,6.
2. Harmonic 5 note scale. 1,b3,#4,5,M7. Or it can be seen as starting on the b6 (the 1 becomes the b6). So then it becomes a harmonic scale, without the minor 1 and m4.
3. Another 5 note minor scale. 1,2,b3,5,b6. Could potentially be seen as the same as the scale above (2nd scale) except it has the 1 instead of the M7.
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