A♭ Major — In Sixths
Scales in sixths spread the hands further apart than scales in thirds, training the ear and hands on the sweeter harmonic interval associated with parallel motion in Romantic-era piano literature. Both hands move in parallel a diatonic sixth apart.
Tempo120 bpm
Audio source: tonejs-instruments by Nick Brosowsky (MIT)
Related scales
RelativeF Natural MinorSame seven notes, tonic on the 6th degree — your access to the related minor key.ParallelA♭ Natural MinorSame tonic, the parallel minor — the deepest mode flip in tonal music.Up a fifthE♭ MajorOne sharp brighter on the circle of fifths.Up a fourthD♭ MajorOne flat darker on the circle of fifths.One note differentA♭ LydianRaise the 4th — the bright, floating Lydian colour.One note differentA♭ MixolydianLower the 7th — folk, blues-rock, Celtic vocabulary.SubsetA♭ Pentatonic MajorFive notes from the same scale — the bedrock pentatonic.ExoticA♭ Harmonic MajorBorrow the ♭6 from minor — operatic edge, IV / iv6 colour.