The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #106757   Message #2208906
Posted By: Jack Campin
05-Dec-07 - 04:01 AM
Thread Name: Dance tunes in minor keys
Subject: RE: Dance tunes in minor keys
Hava Nagila uses two different scales, as is common in Middle Eastern music. The main part uses the scale known in Arabic music as "hijaz" (D Eb F# G A Bb C D). Can't recall what the bridge does right now.

Americans use "On a Bank of Flowers" as a *dance tune*? Good grief. What next, boogie on down to Barber's Adagio?