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71Yo scale — The yo scale, which does not contain semitones, according to a traditional theory is a pentatonic scale used in much Japanese music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist chanting. The yo scale is used specifically in folk songs and early popular songs… …
72Delta scale — Minor second  Play ( …
73Neapolitan scale — Neapolitan minor scale on C  Play ( …
74Blues scale — The term blues scale is used describe a few scales with differing number of pitches and related characteristics.The hexatonic, or six note, blues scale consists of the minor pentatonic scale plus the music|sharp4 or music|flat5 degree [Ferguson,… …
75whole-tone scale — noun : a musical scale progressing by whole steps * * * /hohl tohn /, Music. a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, C. * * * wholeˈ tone scale noun (music) Either of two scales produced by beginning on one of any two …
76diatonic scale — noun a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones • Hypernyms: ↑scale, ↑musical scale • Hyponyms: ↑mode, ↑musical mode * * * diatonic scale, a standard major or minor scale of eight musical tones in the octave,… …
77pentatonic scale — /pɛntəˌtɒnɪk ˈskeɪl/ (say pentuh.tonik skayl) noun 1. any of a class of scales, found in most music traditions, for which the octave is divided into five tones according to numerous patterns of intervals. 2. (in the Western chromatic system) any… …
78Chromaticism — Chromatic fourth: lament bass bassline in Dm (D C♯ C(♮) B B♭ A) …
79gamut — Scale Scale, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See {Scan}; cf. {Escalade}.] 1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed… …
80chromaticscale — chromatic scale n. Music A scale consisting of 12 semitones. * * * …
