Wholetone Scale at Music Glossary

What is it? A scale consisting of only wholetone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.

Music Definition Added By: Drew

Send To Friends!

If you'd like to send the Wholetone Scale definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -

We hope you now understand the meaning of Wholetone Scale. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Other Similar Music Terms:

Musical Term Speed of attack is the speed at which a players finger hits a note on the keyboard of a harpsichord or piano

Musical Term indu is the 1st Chakra with melakartas that contain M1 R1 and G1 comprising melakarta numbers 1-6

Musical Term Srikara is Chaturasra Jati Druva Tala |4? O? |4? |4

Musical Term Vinyas is hindustani a note in a scale where the musician should not end or stop from a classification system older than the vadi-samvadi sytem

Musical Term Giant Steps changes is The chord progression of John Coltranes Giant Steps or any pattern of rapid modulations by major thirds. Coltrane and others have used this idea to harmonize a number of compositions.