Scale (music)
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scale-music-169-6063607
title:
Scale (music)
text:
In music theory, a scale is "any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave", typically by order of pitch or fundamental frequency. The word "scale" originates from the Latin scala, which literally means "ladder". Therefore, any scale is distinguishable by its "step-pattern", or how its intervals interact with each other. Often, especially in the context of the common practice period, most or all of the melody and harmony of a musical work is built using
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description:
Ascending or descending sequence of musical tones
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)
date created:
2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:07:20Z
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