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| | Whole tone scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The whole tone scale is interval cycle 2, or C2. | | | Most interesting, the raga Sahera in Hindustani music uses the same intervals as the whole-tone scale. | | | In music, a whole tone scale (set form 6-35, 02468t) is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by the interval of a whole step. |
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| | Guitar Theory Resources Whole Tone Scale |
| | Whole Tone scales are a lot of fun to play on the guitar as they provide so many different patterns and shapes which are easy to remember. | | | From the construction of this scale, 1 3 (#4 or b5) (#5 or b6) b7 we can see that the 1 3 and b7 are the same intervals which exist in the dominant 7th chord. | | | For either 7b5 chords or 7#11 chords the 4th mode of the Ascending Melodic Minor scale is another option. |
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| | Sonic Glossary: Scale |
| | A scale is a collection of tones traversing the interval of the octave, among which one tone is particularly stable. | | | A scale is a collection of tones traversing the interval of the octave. | | | This scale is built into the white notes of the piano keyboard, and is the basis for the major and the minor scales of Western music. |
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| | Scales that aren't Major or Minor |
| | This scale gives all the sharp, flat, and natural notes commonly used in all Western music, and this is also the twelve-tone scale used by twentieth-century composers to create their atonal music. | | | In both the chromatic and the whole tone scales, all the intervals are the same. | | | These may be borrowed from music that is essentially modal, but used as a scale in jazz and "world" music. |
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| | Music Theory |
| | A scale is simply a progression of notes in ascending or descending order, so arranged for theoretical purposes, vocal or instrumental exercise, or as part of a composition. | | | As the name suggests, a whole-tone scale consists of a series of intervals of one whole tone (or note). | | | The semitone is the smallest interval used in western style music. |
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| | iBreatheMusic Forums - Diminished and whole tone? |
| | The rh 3 intervals are a mirror-image, if you will, of the lh 3 intervals. | | | Its primary use is as the improvising scale for augmented chords, but due to its symmetrical nature, this scale can be used to create many intervallic patterns that can add interest to any solo. | | | 12-31-2002 07:23 PM There are only two unique Whole tone scales, all six modes of the whole tone scale have exactly the same interval structure, so you have two C and C#. |
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| | A well known example is the beginning of "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder. | | | The pattern right before he starts singing is a whole tone scale in thirds. | | | It is made up of intervals of whole steps. |
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| | Hexatonic Scales |
| | Both of these scales are rather new to western music, starting in the late 19th and early 20th century. | | | The whole-tone scale is interesting in that it is a division of the octave into equal intervals. | | | The half-step intervals for these two scales are: |
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| | Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning |
| | From Major and Minor to Whole Tone and Chromatic, scales are at the heart of both the simplest and most complex musical compositions. | | | The scale shapes the sense of tonality of a piece of music, and provides a context in which the listener can place chords and pitches and other musical events. | | | These different scales provide distinct foundations for these diverse musical styles; yet in their basic structure, these scales are not that different from one another. |
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| | ExNET: Exhibits: Group 9: Circular Scales |
| | In the whole tone scale, all adjacent notes are equally spaced a whole-step interval apart. | | | In the major scale, which does have a leading tone, some adjacent notes are a half-step interval apart, and other adjacent notes are a whole step interval apart. | | | The relationship between the half-step intervals and the whole step intervals produces the leading tone in the major scales. |
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| | tone - Columbia Encyclopedia article about tone |
| | The term whole tone or whole step refers to the interval interval, in music, the difference in pitch between two tones. | | | They are more generally named according to the number of steps they contain in the diatonic scale of the piano; e.g., from C to D is a second, C and D being the first two notes of the scale of C. Click the link for more information. | | | A scale defines the interval relationship of each tone to the others upon which the composition depends. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/tone
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| | Musical Composition, Theory, Songwriting, and Singing: Scales and Chords |
| | This means that the notation of a harmonic chromatic scale varies according to the key signature. | | | The harmonic chromatic scale is the same whether rising or falling and includes all the notes in the major, harmonic minor or melodic minor scales plus flattened second and sharpened fourth degrees. | | | I can answer most questions on Theory, give suggestions for songwriting and verse, I`m a professional singer and would offer free advice for improving tone for voice, I also arrange and compose, play the violin, viola, piano, bass (electric) and guitar and could help you with some questions on those subjects as well. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Musical-Composition-Theory-652/Scales-Chords.htm
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| | Hexapedia - Major second |
| | The musical interval of a major second — also called a whole-tone — is the relationship between the first note (the root or tonic) and the second note in a major scale (and also a minor scale). |
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| | M I L E S O S L A N D - Professor of Saxophone |
| | alternating intervallic symmetry of half-step/minor third, the Eight-Note Diminished Scale (with the alternating intervallic symmetry of whole-step/half-step), and the Eight-Note Dominant Scale (with the alternating intervallic symmetry of half-step/whole-step). | | | There are two members in this scale category: the Whole Tone Scale (also known as the Six Tone Scale), which possesses the constant intervallic symmetry of the whole step, and the Chromatic Scale (based on the constant intervallic symmetry of the half-step). | | | The Lydian scale (or mode) is a major scale with a raised fourth (see example one), or a scale that borrows the major key signature from from a perfect fourth below, or a perfect fifth above (see example two). |
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| | ChordWizard How Music Works |
| | The symmetric scales are rarely used for whole melodies or prolonged periods of improvising, because their regular intervals do not fit well with the Major scale or with any of the minor scales. | | | The Diminished scale is slightly more complex in nature and sound, with alternating semitone and tone intervals. | | | For example, the C Whole Tone scale contains the notes C-D-E-F#-G#-A#, while the D Whole Tone scale has the same notes, just in a different order (remembering that B#=C). |
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| | JazzHouston Jazz Forum Message View |
| | Don't forget using the plain old whole tone scale on D the G#(Ab) gives a bebop/blues sound to the D7 and the A#(Bb) gives a "bluesy" sound resolving to the Gmaj (Trane loved to play the the #5 on a dom7 chord in his early years). | | | Or, D diminished-whole tone which is the same as Eb melodic minor. | | | 7th Degree Melodic Minor, Diminished-Whole Tone, & Super Locrian are all describing the same scale. |
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http://www.jazzhouston.com/forum/messages.jsp?pKey=1&key=6603
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| | Guitar |
| | Three or more tones sounded at the same time; two or more harmonic intervals played simultaneously. | | | A musical passage which consists of a scale, or closely thereto, and performed quite rapidly. | | | A term applied to the keys based on minor scales; any note combination utilizing a flatted third interval. |
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| | Chops from Hell Guitar Site - Guest Columnist - Jimmy Williams |
| | The whole tone scale is made up of intervals of only whole steps (2 frets) and contains 6 notes. | | | This scale was used a lot by Impressionist composers in the early 20th century like Claude Debussy as well as gypsy guitar god Django Reinhardt | | | This column shows an easy and efficient way to play the whole tone scale. |
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| | M I L E S O S L A N D - Professor of Saxophone |
| | With this article, we will consummate the ongoing analytical essay deliberating an overview of symmetrical scales and their functional applications for improvisation and music in general. | | | This is because the altered scale starts out like the Symmetrical (alternating intervallic) Eight Note Dominant scale - half-step, whole-step, half-step, whole-step, but ends up like the Symmetrical (constant intervallic) Whole Tone Scale (see example two). | | | To conclude this in-depth macro to micro study, I would like to analyze the solo transcription and discuss the symmetrical implications of the improvised solo from the 1993 recorded documentation of the composition. |
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| | The Invention |
| | Accordingly, the need still exists for a fingerboard construction for a fretted and stringed instrument such as a guitar which will achieve perfect pitch for the tones produced when a string is engaged with a given fret and the remaining string length vibrated. | | | A further object of the present invention is to provide a fingerboard construction for a fretted and stringed instrument such as a guitar which will result in perfect octaves, fourths and fifths when a string is engaged with a fret and the remaining string length vibrated. | | | BACKGROUND OF "the need still exists for a fingerboard construction for a fretted and stringed instrument such as a guitar which will achieve perfect pitch for the tones produced when a string is engaged with a given fret and the remaining string length vibrated." |
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| | Jazz Guitar - Whole-Tone Scale |
| | Someone who's great to listen to for the whole tone is Thelonious Monk. | | | Riffing off this scale is a sure way to get other musicians playing with you to say "stop that!" I can imagine progressions that would fit, but only in the category of experimental music. | | | This is one of the jazz scales that has a simple form to memorize, so it makes a great picking exercise, but honestly I've never figured out how to use it in any song. |
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| | Dogs On Acid - the return of music thoery..... |
| | He used whole tone scales an awful lot in his music. | | | There are two different whole tone scales (if you ignore the starting note.) There are no perfect fifths in a whole tone scale. | | | Pentatonic scales are used in most Oasis guitar solos!! |
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| | Guitar Files® Synthetic Scales |
| | Also known as the augmented scale the whole tone scale divides the octave into 6 equal intervals into a whole tone each. | | | One of these that we will cover is called the whole tone scale. | | | In your mind what is the worst band in history. |
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| | Using a piano, play both of the scales two or three times. | | | Compositional techniques used in Impressionistic music, including whole-tone scales, planning, and quartal harmonies. | | | These things are what give the music the "fresh feeling" Impressionistic music often has. |
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| | Tom Pankhurst's TonalityGUIDE (pilot project) |
| | Think about how easy or hard it would be to spot that a melody was written using these scales and whether a listener could easily hear the C was the 'tonic'. | | | Of course, music in the real world rarely sticks to just one scale, but the modulations, chromaticisms and other more complicated features of tonal music still rely on the simplicity of this basic organisation. | | | (2) the lack of internal similarity means that while the 'tonic' of any short melody using this scale is theoretically easy to find, it would be hard to hear which note is the tonic in practice. |
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| | Guitar Nine Records - Guest Column: Concepts For Playing "Outside": Part 2 |
| | This intervallic structure makes the diminished scale perfect for playing over dom7 chords as well as dom7#11 (octave of #4) and dom7b9 (octave of b2) or #9 (enharmonic octave of b3). | | | Since I'm a big fan of Al di Meola and he uses this scale a lot, I simply had to play these licks on my Ovation acoustic guitar. | | | Martin Behr is a guitarist from Germany who has studied at M.G.I. (Munich's Guitar Institute), released two solo CDs, and stays busy with studio sessions. |
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| | CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Definition of SCALE |
| | The Scottish Highland Bagpipe is tuned to a scale that cannot be represented in orthodox notation. | | | This scale when begun on other notes is ‘harmonically’ notated according to the same principles; for instance, beginning on D it reads: | | | For the older European scales, used in the Church's plainsong and in folk song, see modes. |
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| | Whole.tone.scale.html |
| | Listen to the sound of a whole tone scale as notated below: |
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| | Half Steps and Whole Steps |
| | Figure 4: All intervals in a whole tone scale are whole steps. | | | If you have trouble keeping track of the notes, use a piano keyboard, a written chromatic scale, or the chromatic fingerings for your instrument to count half-steps. | | | Fill in the second note of the interval indicated in each measure. |
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| | Teaching the Whole Tone Scale Music Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Musical Teaching Idea |
| | I would recommend the whole tone section in Claude Debussy's "Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'" because of the ease of finding recordings and also "The Cage" by Charles Ives. | | | Teaching the Whole Tone Scale Music Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Musical Teaching Idea | | | Once you have played and discussed the recordings with the class you can use "The Cage" handout as a quick quiz to find out how well they have grasped the subject matter. |
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| | A special triad set of the whole tone scale |
| | As for melodies, we are left with the whole-tone scale, which means there are no "modes" in the known sense of the word - the beginning tone does not seem to matter. | | | The interesting question is now whether and how this mathematics affects the music - more precisely: might this property make it possible to write whole-tone music without the notorious "amorphous" character? | | | Now, a harmonic system with 18 minimal cadence-sets offers a richness of modulation possibilities that seems to come close to that of harmonic minor - not exactly what you would expect of the highly symmetric whole-tone scale! |
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| | Whole Tone Scale! - Jazz Bulletin Board |
| | The Whole Tone scale is one of the ten he discusses, including the Octatonic and Six-Note Symmetric. | | | I like to break it into it's augmented triads and use it that way, it's a way of just playing the scale in broken intervals. | | | Check out Trane's Live at The Half Note CD, the tune One Up one Down is almost completely made up of the whole tone scale, and he blows over it for like 15 minutes straight so you should have enough ideas for a couple of years at least |
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| | JustJazz Discussion List: Re: "A Train" whole tone scale |
| | I agree that the D Lydian dominant (the 4th mode of A melodic minor) is a | | | >> >*A* Train", which is D7(b5), this suggests a whole tone scale where BOTH = | | | JustJazz Discussion List: Re: "A Train" whole tone scale |
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| | Music Theory: Jazz Scales: Symmetric Scales: Whole Tone Scale |
| | This is a preview of the educational program A Jazz Improvisation Almanac which is under development for the Outside Shore Music Online School. | | | This chord might be notated 7b5 or 7#5. | | | Here, the intervals in the pattern differ between repetitions to keep the line diatonic. |
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| | Whole-tone Resources |
| | The harmonic potential of the scale centers on the sound of a complex altered dominant chord. | | | Debussy based Violes (Prelude # for Piano) on the whole tone scale. | | | The whole-tone scale is one of the all-combinatorial hexachords listed by Milton Babbitt. |
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| | Guitar Lessons: Whole Tone Scale |
| | You are here: Guitar Tricks: Whole Tone Scale | | | Upgrade Required for Whole Tone Scale Guitar Lesson | | | Guitar Tricks has 150 free guitar lessons and 2763 total guitar lessons to help you learn guitar online. |
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| | Cyberfret.com: Guitar scale reference: whole tone |
| | These scale charts are written from the same prospective that tablature is written. | | | The bottom line is the 6th string (lowest sounding), and the top line is the 1st string (highest sounding). | | | Since this scale consists of only whole step, any of the notes could be considered the root. |
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| | Scales, Chords, Arpeggios |
| | Herz - Scales and Exercises for the Piano - edited by Willard Palmer - Alfred Pub. | | | Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns (Mel Bay) - for all instruments - by Arnie Berle.. | | | With sections on scales, keys, and chords, plus musical term glossary. |
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| | Saxophone Tutorials - Whole Tone Scale Exercises |
| | In the second scale (B), it is correct that the third degree is D# not Eb. | | | Saxophone Sound and ToneSound and Tone ExercisesDiaphragm BreathingBreathing ExercisesEmbouchureVibratoHarmonicsAltissimoSubtone | | | There are only two whole tone scales with different notes in as each step of the scale is a whole tone: you can see in the example below that if you started the scale on C it would have the same notes as the Bb scale. |
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| | Insane Guitar Column David M. McLean |
| | These are not quite as easy to inject into a piece, so it may serve you to compose a brief etude (a short piece of music written to explore a specific musical idea or technique) as a means of more deeply exploring and exploiting the sonic potential of this interesting scale. | | | It tends toward the cinematic rather than the concert stage, but it expresses some interesting sonic capabilities of the whole-tone scale. | | | Last month's installment of "Insanity 101" covered the whole-tone scale. |
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| | Whole tone scale |
| | A scale built entirely of whole tone intervals. | | | The whole tone scale was used commonly by the French impressionists. |
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| | Insane Guitar Column David M. McLean |
| | While the whole-tone scale is not somethng music theorists would necessarily consider "exotic' or "esoteric", it sure can sound pretty alien if employed properly. | | | Using the same progression as above, improvise freely in A minor as you flow through the progression twice. | | | Months ago, a fellow (whose name I can't recall) posted to the IG forums requesting information about the whole-tone scale and other "exotic" scales, as well as advise on how to apply new scales to soloing and composition. |
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| | Perle3 |
| | They don't need to be convinced about the value of numbers here. | | | But apart from these similarities and differences we immediately recognize (our ear tells us) that at its restatement in bars 9-11 the theme acquires a special harmonic character, a quality that we recognize as deriving from already existing relations – in this case, the whole-tone scale. | | | You can even have just 3 of your 6 notes of the whole-tone scale and they represent the whole-tone scale. |
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| | Allwords.com Definition of whole-tone scale |
| | Either of two scales produced by beginning on one of any two notes a chromatic semitone apart and ascending or descending in whole tones for an octave. | | | Your Query of 'whole-tone scale' Resulted in 1 Matches |
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| | The Sound of Mathematics - Constants |
| | Similar for the second ad lib section, but the digits 1 - 7 is the scale C E F G Ab Bb (used in Swedish folk music, with Eb instead of E in the descending version sometimes). | | | , digits 1 - 8 is the A harmonic minor scale, 0 is a pause and 9 the same as the previous tone (or pause). | | | These are the pentatonic scales used in the piece in order of occurrence: |
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| | Eco-Wise > Gifts > WIND CHIMES |
| | A musical palindrome, the Quartal scale is based on intervals of fourths and fifths. | | | The major pentatonic scale in root position in the key of A, it harmonizes well with Aquarian or Quartal. | | | The whole tone scale transports one outside the normal realm of experience. |
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