Ambassel scale
The Ambassel scale
The Ambassel scale is a pentatonic scale widely used in the Gonder and Wollo regions of Ethiopia.
The notes of the scale (in the key of C) are C, Db, F, G and Ab. It can be viewed as a pentatonic subset of the natural minor scale on intervals 1, 2, ♭3, 5, ♭6.
The scale is used in Ethiopian music for songs with historical themes. It can be heard used on the song "Ambassel" by Abate Berihun and Yitzhak Yedid on their Duo Ras Dashen album.
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- Ege, Svein; Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw (2009), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (PDF), Trondheim, archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-20, retrieved 2016-05-03
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