: Need help identifying this scale Yesterday my friend sent me a recording of a song. I was particularly stunned and interested in a scale (maybe not a scale, but it does sound like one.) I decided to upload the scale here:

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It's not a scale, it's a five-note-arpeggio. It is an Abminmaj9 ('A flat minor major nine') arpeggio. This chord has the notes

Ab Cb Eb G Bb

And on the recording it is played like this (from high to low):

Bb Ab G Eb Cb (and continued like this through 3 lower octaves)

The last note of the arpeggio (Cb, after descending 3 octaves) resolves to Bb, which is the root of the next chord (Bb major).

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Yes, basically both hands play an Abmin(maj9) arpeggio, the right in 16ths while the left in 8ths.
Here is the transcription fot it:

Talking about scales, from this excerpt it can be either an Ab melodic minor or an Ab harmonic minor scale.