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What is a whole tone scale?

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Is THE BEAR by Rebikov written in whole tone scale?

Yes it uses the whole tone scale as there are no semitones in the melody. You are right.


What the difference between an whole tone scale and a pentatonic 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.


How many steps in a whole tone scale?

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.


What is the term for a scale in which half-steps are omitted?

Whole-Tone Scale


What is the whole tone musical scale?

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.


Which music scale does not use any half steps?

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.


How many steps are in a major scale?

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.


A scale made of six different notes each a whole step away from the next is called?

You have described a Whole Tone Scale.


What are the 2 whole note scales for alto sax?

You can start the whole tone scale on any note. Say you start on C, then it would be C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, C Those are six different notes that compose one whole tone scale. If you start on C#, then it would be C#, D#, F, G, A, B Those are the other six notes that make up the other whole tone scale. You can start a whole tone scale on any note.


What is the whole tone scale in G?

g - a - b - c# - d# - e#


What scale is made up of six notes that are whole step apart?

It's called a whole-tone scale. An example is C D E F# G# A# C.


In music there is the whole tone musical scale the sixth note is?

What ever note that is a major second interval below the starting note of the scale.