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Message: [QUOTE="Oxtail, post: 87533"] [HEADING=2]Quartal & Quintal Harmony from G#6 in F# Bebop Dominant[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]First, the F# Bebop Dominant Scale[/HEADING] The F# Bebop Dominant scale is F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E - F (E#) - F#. It's essentially the F# Mixolydian mode with a passing natural 7th (E# / F♮) added. [HEADING=2]Quartal Harmony (Stacked 4ths from G#6)[/HEADING] You're stacking fourths using only notes from the scale. Starting on G#6, each next note is the nearest scale-degree fourth above: [TABLE width="100%"] [TR] [th]Voice[/th][th]Note[/th][th]FL Studio Piano Roll[/th] [/TR] [TR] [td]1[/td][td]G#6[/td][td]G#6[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]2[/td][td]C#7[/td][td]C#7 (P4 above G#)[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]3[/td][td]F#7[/td][td]F#7 (P4 above C#)[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]4[/td][td]B7[/td][td]B7 (P4 above F#)[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]5[/td][td]E8[/td][td]E8 (P4 above B)[/td] [/TR] [/TABLE] The intervals here are all perfect fourths (5 semitones), since G# → C# → F# → B → E all happen to fall as perfect fourths within this scale. [HEADING=2]Quintal Harmony (Stacked 5ths from G#6)[/HEADING] Now stacking fifths (inversions of the fourths) upward from G#6: [TABLE width="100%"] [TR] [th]Voice[/th][th]Note[/th][th]FL Studio Piano Roll[/th] [/TR] [TR] [td]1[/td][td]G#6[/td][td]G#6[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]2[/td][td]D#7[/td][td]D#7 (P5 above G#)[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]3[/td][td]A#7[/td][td]A#7 (P5 above D#)[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]4[/td][td]F8 (E#8)[/td][td]F8 (P5 above A#)[/td] [/TR] [TR] [td]5[/td][td]C#9[/td][td]C#9 (P5 above F/E#)[/td] [/TR] [/TABLE] These are all perfect fifths (7 semitones). Note that C#9 is very high — in FL Studio, you may need to verify your synth can reach that register. [HEADING=2]Practical Tips for FL Studio[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Piano Roll entry: FL Studio labels notes with standard naming, so G#6 will appear as such. Just count semitones if you're unsure, 5 semitones up for fourths, and 7 semitones up for fifths. [*]Voicing tip: If the quintal stack gets too high, try dropping some voices down an octave for a more spread-out, open voicing. This keeps the quartal/quintal color without pushing into extreme registers. [*]Scale highlighting: Use FL Studio's scale helper (the stamp tool or ghost notes) set to your F# Bebop Dominant scale to visually confirm you're staying in key. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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