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1Chromatic scale — Qualities Number of pitch classes 12 Maximal evenness Degenerate well formed collection The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone apart. On a modern piano or other …
2Chromatic scale — Chromatic Chro*mat ic, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the skin.] 1. Relating to color, or to colors. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or… …
3chromatic scale — n. a musical scale made up of thirteen tones succeeding by half steps …
4chromatic scale — noun a 12 note scale including all the semitones of the octave • Hypernyms: ↑scale, ↑musical scale * * * noun : any musical sequence of half steps : all the notes, in series, possible to a keyboard or wind instrument with fixed tempered intervals …
5chromatic scale — chromat′ic scale′ n. mad a musical scale progressing by semitones …
6chromatic scale — noun Date: circa 1789 a musical scale consisting entirely of half steps …
7chromatic scale — Music. a scale progressing entirely by semitones. [1780 90] * * * …
8chromatic scale — noun A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave …
9chromatic scale — musical scale made up of half steps …
10chromatic scale — /krəˌmætɪk ˈskeɪl/ (say kruh.matik skayl) noun Music a scale progressing entirely by semitones …
