What is the name of this musical scale? (if there is one)?

Question

D, Eb, F#, G#, A, C

or seen another way.. D, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, C

No I didn't write it wrong this is the scale that i got from the transcription for Symphony X's Divine Wings of Tragedy.. second section "In The Room of Thrones" (before the modulation). It is a very unusual scale.. it's missing a third scale degree but I guess this is how the scale is constructed. weird! :p

Answer 1

The Whole Tone Scale.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_tone_scale
C, D, E, F#, G#, A#}

{B, Db, Eb, F, G, A}.
Close as I could get to what you've written.

Answer 2

A synthetic scale created by the composer.
In theory scales that fall outside the sphere of major or minor and the modes are known as synthetic scales.

Answer 3

most scales in western music are seven notes as you know however that is 'western music'. many other cultures have devised many other four/five/six note scale not unlike the one you show.

D to D#/Eb is one step.
D#/Eb to F#/Gb is three steps.
F#/Gb to G#/Ab is two steps.
G#/Ab to A/Bb is one step.
A/Bb to C is three steps.
C to D is two steps.

so we have a 132132 step sequence

this either a contrived scale or one based on a non-western culture's music. you can research it below but i believe it may just be a contrived scale as opposed to being...
locrian,ionian,lydian,mixolydian,aeolian,dorian,phygrian,pentatonic,harmonic,blues...

or any other major western musical scale

Answer 4

Couldn't find any western scales like that. It's not pentatonic or heptatonic, so I'm assuming it is from another musical style, perhaps eastern, that uses different scale tones.

Answer 5

you've written it all wrong.
are you sure it starts with D and not Db ?? because that's the only way it will make sense!
and in that case it is Db major

Answer 6

i believe its a cleft