Scale
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Scale
Concept Musical Concept Musical Scale Mode Pitch Interval
A scale is a set of musical notes arranged in ascending or descending order. Scales are the building blocks of melody and harmony in virtually all music traditions.
Types of Scales
- Musical Scale — general classification
- Diatonic Scale — 7-note structure found in Western tonal music
- Modal Scale — variations of the diatonic scale
- Non-Diatonic Scale — includes Pentatonic Scale, Whole Tone Scale, etc.
- Chromatic Scale — 12 semitone steps per octave