| 单词 | whole-tone scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhole-tone scale whole-tone scale n. Music a scale which divides the octave into six equal steps, each a whole tone apart. [Compare German Ganztonleiter and Ganztonskala (both 1904 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > other scales hendecachord1761 pentachord1786 Scotch scale1786 maqam1793 pelog1817 harmonic scale1880 whole-tone scale1900 pentatonic1909 harmonic series1910 blues scale1939 1900 C. W. Grimm Simple Method Mod. Harmony iv. 135 Compare Ex. 86, from Liszt's Dante Symphony, where the bass moves in a whole tone scale. 1977 Time 21 Mar. 62/3 His inclusion of..the whole-tone scale from the Orient (more than half a century before Debussy) suggests that he was exceptionally curious and openminded. 2001 C. Christiansen Jazz Scales for Guitar 75 The whole-tone scale..is made up entirely of whole steps. Because of its construction, every other note can be the root of the scale. This means there are only two whole-tone scales that contain different notes. < as lemmas |
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