diatonic series of notes
1Diatonic and chromatic — Chromatic redirects here. For other uses, see Chromatic (disambiguation). Melodies may be based on a diatonic scale and maintain its tonal characteristics but contain many accidentals up to all twelve tones of the chromatic scale, such as the… …
2Musical scale — For psychoacoustic scale, see bark scale and mel scale. Pattern of whole and half steps in the Ionian mode or major scale on C   …
3Divje Babe flute — Drawing of disputed flute by Bob Fink Material Bone Created Late Pleistocene (43100 ± 700 BP) …
4Acoustic scale — For the concept of scale in acoustics, see Acoustics and Scale (ratio). Acoustic scale on C  Play …
5scale — I n. series of notes arranged in a certain sequence (mus.) 1) to play; sing a scale 2) a chromatic; diatonic; major; minor; natural scale system of classifying in a series of steps 3) a sliding; social scale 4) a pay, salary, wage; union scale… …
6tetrachord — tetrachordal, adj. /te treuh kawrd /, n. Music. a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth. [1595 1605; < Gk tetráchordos having four strings. See TETRA , CHORD1] * * * ▪ music musical scale of four… …
7Jay Chou — Chou on the red carpet at the MTV Asia Aid, Bangkok, Thailand, 2005 Chinese name 周杰 …
8music, Western — Introduction history of Western music from ancient times to the present. All ancient civilizations entered historical times with a flourishing musical culture. That the earliest writers explained it in terms of legend and myth is… …
9Music — For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). Music …
10major scale — noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th • Syn: ↑major diatonic scale • Hypernyms: ↑mode, ↑musical mode • Hyponyms: ↑C major, ↑C major scale, ↑ …
