and Schubert (for example, in the first movement of the Death and the Maiden Quartet). In this role, it is used while descending far more often than while ascending. A familiar example of the descending scale is heard in a ring of bells. A ring of twelve is sometimes augmented with a 5? and 6? to make a 10 note harmonic minor scale from bell 2 to bell 11 (for example, Worcester Cathedral).

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