I'm not sure exactly what you mean by how many steps but I can explain a whole tone scale for you.
A whole tone scale is comprised of all whole steps. For example:
A B C# D# F G A
or
Bb C D E F# G# A# (which is Bb)
So I guess there are 7 notes in the whole tone scale if that was what you were looking for.
There are eight notes (steps) in a major musical scale. If whole steps are tones and half steps are semitones, then the order is tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.
Whole-Tone Scale
One difference between a whole tone scale and a pentatonic scale is that a whole tone scale has 6 notes per octave while a pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave. Another major difference is that a whole tone scale has all adjacent notes a whole step apart, while a pentatonic scale does not consist entirely of whole steps, and since a pentatonic scale is only defined as a scale with 5 notes per octave, there are many pentatonic scales that are possible.
A whole tone scale is a musical scale consisting entirely of whole steps, meaning each note is separated by a whole tone (or whole step). This creates a six-note scale without any half steps, resulting in a symmetrical and distinctive sound. For example, starting from C, a whole tone scale would include the notes C, D, E, F♯, G♯, and A♯. The uniformity of the intervals gives the scale a dreamy, ethereal quality, often used in impressionistic music.
It is a scale made up exclusively of whole steps, as distinct from the standard western diatonic scale that is built upon the structure whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half. For example, starting at E flat, the notes of a whole tone scale would be E flat, F, G, A, B, D flat.
The whole tone scale only uses full tones, therefore there are six notes per octave. Theoretically could can start a whole tone scale on any note but there are only 2 distinct scales. Whole tone scale starting on C: C, D, E, Gb, Ab, Bb, C Whole tone scale starting on Db: Db, Eb, F, G, A, B, Db Starting a whole tone scale on any of the other notes would merely be inversions of the scales mentioned above.
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Hi, Any major scale has this pattern: Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone Tone Tone Semitone. Tones are 'steps' and semitones are 'half - steps'. Keep up the music playing!
Yes it uses the whole tone scale as there are no semitones in the melody. You are right.
In music, a tone typically consists of two half steps. Therefore, there are two half steps in a whole tone. This is a fundamental concept in Western music theory, where half steps are the smallest interval between two notes.
The whole-tone scale could be the opposite. Instead of ascending with half-steps, it ascends with whole-steps, resulting in a 7 note scale (counting both octaves). Ex: C D E F# G# A# B# (C) A B C# D# E# (F) G A
my best friend is Hannah sorry. I thought I was answering a musical question. A tone is a whole step, as in from C to D on the C Major scale, while a Semi-Tone is a half step, as in C to C# on the C Major Scale. The Major scale also contains half steps or semi-tones, in C major the are from E to F and from B to C