Heptatonic scale — A heptatonic scale is a musical scale with seven pitches per octave. Among the most famous of these are the diatonic scale , C D E F G A B C; the melodic minor scale , C D Eb F G A B C ascending, C Bb Ab G F Eb D C descending; the harmonic minor… … Wikipedia
scale — scale1 scaleless, adj. scalelike, adj. /skayl/, n., v., scaled, scaling. n. 1. Zool. a. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. b. one of the hard, b … Universalium
heptatonic — adjective Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave … Wiktionary
heptatonic — |heptə+ adjective Etymology: hepta + tonic : composed of seven musical tones * * * heptatonˈic adjective (Gr tonos tone; music; of a scale) Consisting of seven notes • • • Main Entry: ↑hepta … Useful english dictionary
Diatonic scale — Qualities Number of pitch classes 7 Maximal evenness Well formed generated collection Myhill s property Deep scale property Cardinality equals variety Struc … Wikipedia
Musical scale — For psychoacoustic scale, see bark scale and mel scale. Pattern of whole and half steps in the Ionian mode or major scale on C … Wikipedia
Pentatonic scale — The first two phrases of the melody from Stephen Foster s Oh! Susanna are based on the major pentatonic scale[1] … Wikipedia
Double harmonic scale — In music, the double harmonic major scale[1] is a scale whose gaps may evoke exotic music to Western listeners. This is also known as the Arabic and [1][2] the Byzantine scale. It is also likened to the gypsy scale because of the augmented 2… … Wikipedia
Jazz scale — One chord scale option for +7th chords is the whole tone scale[1]: C D E F♯ G♯ A … Wikipedia
Minor scale — For the simulated nuclear detonation, see Minor Scale. Minor scale Qualities Number of pitch classes 7 Maximal evenness … Wikipedia
