Is there any key/mode that has these notes?

[Det_Nosnip]

C#, D, E, F, G, G#, A#, B

My instinct leans towards "not," because they have a really strange sequence of whole steps and half steps:
H, W, H, W, H, W, H, W

Is there any scale that comes CLOSE to this?

[jarviss]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=H+W+H+W+H+W+scale


yes
-G

[megan bacon]

the scale of B Dorian comes very close indeed my friend

[AG]

Looks like a Diminished scale to me.

[megan bacon]

no it doesn't, sorry.

[megan bacon]

yeah its a D 'auxillary diminished' scale!

D,E,F,G,G#,A#,B,C# :thumb:

[megan bacon]

how come you wanted to know? just interested really......

[Det_Nosnip]

Well, I have this huge strings composition running through my head, and that was the scale it was based off of. I've transcribed a few lines, but I didn't know what key signature to put them in! I'm a drummer and my knowledge of rhythmic theory is alot stronger than my melodic theory, but I have alot of melodic ideas that I want to explore. I wanted to get a better idea of what exactly it was that I was playing, and where it came from, in order to get a better grasp for things. With this piece, I literally just sat in front of a piano and played it as I heard it, and that was how it came out...funny thing, almost none of my ideas seem to stick to "normal" major or minor scales! :lol:

Why would it be "D 'auxillary diminished'," exactly? Could it possibly be called C# Diminished? I'm just wondering because at one point in the piece, an instrument is playing straight runs up and down the scale in the order that I listed above, and C# feels like the tonic...

Thanks alot, guys. :) The piece is mostly in 7/8 time, and has a kind of Eastern/exotic feel to it, probably as a result of those diminished scales. It's mostly violins and cellos, but there's also some woodwinds and a distorted electric guitar later in the piece. :cool:

[nicolaB]

That sounds like a pretty cool piece.

I have never heard of an auxillary scale. What exactly is that?