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rather than tonics, and only when they are stressed , as by repetition or duration. It cannot be denied that the small number of possible different intervals and nonequivalent chords available in the whole-tone scale results in a soft-edged, neutral kind of sound lacking in tonal contrast.... Since
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consisting of the whole-tone scale is not distinct under inversion or more than one transposition. Thus many composers have used one of the "almost whole-tone" hexachords, whose "individual structural differences can be seen to result only from a difference in the 'location', or placement, of a
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However, these are only the most overt examples of the use of this scale in jazz. A vast number of jazz tunes, including many standards, use augmented chords and their corresponding scales as well, usually to create tension in
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2, or C2. Since there are only two possible whole-tone-scale positions (that is, the whole-tone scale can be transposed only once), it is either C2 or C2. For this reason, the whole-tone scale is also
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never loses touch with a diatonic scale for long. Though the whole-tone scale is prominent in much of his music after 1905 when he encountered Debussy, it serves simply to fit the motifs over
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opens with a whole-tone passage both in the orchestral accompaniment and in the vocal line that enters a bar later. Berg also quotes the Bach chorale setting referred to above in his
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and because all tones are the same distance apart, "no single tone stands out, the scale creates a blurred, indistinct effect". This effect is especially emphasised by the fact that
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In the 19th century, Russian composers went further with melodic and harmonic possibilities of the scale, often to depict the ominous; examples include the endings of the
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Only two triads are possible, both of them augmented, and...all inversions sound alike. All 'progressions' tend to have the same tonal character. What one hears are
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A prominent example of the whole-tone scale that made its way into pop music are bars two and four of the opening of
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recorded an arrangement that gives striking coloration to the "abrupt whole-tone lines" of Redman's original.
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used the whole-tone scale in the right hand part of the "Preludietto, Fughetta ed Esercizio" of his
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and F, which, together with the first note, G, comprise five of the six notes of the scale.)
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scales. A single whole-tone scale can also be thought of as a "six-tone equal temperament".
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is, to quote William W. Austin, "utterly different". Austin writes, "Janáček’s free
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are two pianists who used the whole-tone scale extensively and creatively. Monk's "
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The Foundations of Rock : From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
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Harrison, Max (1960) "Gil Evans: the Arranger as re-composer", article in
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the 1930s...whole-tone harmony...has become one of the platitudes of the "
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Scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by a whole tone
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is a primary example, being a whole-tone scale with one note raised a
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Abraham, Gerald. "The Whole-Tone Scale in Russian Music", p. 602,
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in France and Austria and then Russians Glinka and Dargomyzhsky.
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The two whole-tone scales as a symmetrical partitioning of the
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names as the "childhood of the whole-tone scale" the music of
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trimmings." Notes in the whole-tone scale are highlighted.
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Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy through Stravinsky
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Berg (1928), Sieben Fruhe Lieder, Wien, Universal Edition
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The Whole Tone Scale and Applications for Jazz Guitar
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Wayne Shorter Jazz Play Along, Milwaukee, Hal Leonard
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Berg's Wozzeck: Harmonic Language and Dramatic Design
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2098: 2096: 2093: 2091: 2088: 2086: 2083: 2080: 2076: 2075:natural major 2072: 2069: 2068: 2066: 2064: 2060: 2054: 2053:Reciting tone 2051: 2049: 2046: 2044: 2041: 2039: 2036: 2034: 2031: 2029: 2026: 2024: 2021: 2019: 2016: 2015: 2013: 2009: 1999: 1996: 1994: 1991: 1989: 1986: 1984: 1981: 1980: 1978: 1976: 1972: 1966: 1963: 1961: 1958: 1956: 1953: 1951: 1948: 1947: 1945: 1943: 1939: 1936: 1934: 1930: 1926: 1919: 1914: 1912: 1907: 1905: 1900: 1899: 1896: 1893: 1889: 1883: 1882:Bohlen–Pierce 1880: 1878: 1875: 1873: 1870: 1868: 1865: 1863: 1860: 1859: 1857: 1853: 1847: 1844: 1842: 1839: 1837: 1834: 1832: 1829: 1827: 1826:Jewish nusach 1824: 1822: 1819: 1817: 1814: 1812: 1809: 1807: 1804: 1802: 1799: 1794: 1793: 1788: 1785: 1784: 1779: 1778: 1776: 1771: 1767: 1766: 1764: 1759: 1755: 1752: 1748: 1745: 1744:Major Locrian 1741: 1738: 1734: 1733: 1731: 1729: 1726: 1725: 1723: 1721:Ethnic origin 1719: 1713: 1710: 1708: 1705: 1703: 1700: 1698: 1695: 1693: 1690: 1688: 1685: 1683: 1680: 1678: 1677:Major Locrian 1675: 1673: 1670: 1668: 1665: 1663: 1660: 1658: 1655: 1653: 1650: 1648: 1647:Flamenco mode 1645: 1643: 1640: 1638: 1635: 1633: 1630: 1628: 1625: 1623: 1620: 1618: 1615: 1613: 1610: 1609: 1607: 1603: 1597: 1594: 1592: 1589: 1587: 1584: 1582: 1579: 1577: 1574: 1573: 1571: 1567: 1562: 1558: 1551: 1546: 1544: 1539: 1537: 1532: 1531: 1528: 1516: 1513: 1512: 1510: 1506: 1500: 1499:Unified field 1497: 1495: 1492: 1490: 1487: 1485: 1482: 1478: 1475: 1474: 1473: 1470: 1468: 1465: 1463: 1462: 1458: 1456: 1453: 1451: 1448: 1446: 1443: 1441: 1438: 1436: 1433: 1432: 1430: 1424: 1418: 1415: 1413: 1410: 1408: 1405: 1401: 1398: 1396: 1393: 1392: 1391: 1388: 1387: 1385: 1379: 1373: 1370: 1368: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1349: 1347: 1341: 1337: 1336:post-tonality 1333: 1326: 1321: 1319: 1314: 1312: 1307: 1306: 1303: 1297: 1294: 1292: 1289: 1287: 1284: 1283: 1270: 1268:9780199718702 1264: 1260: 1256: 1252: 1246: 1239: 1233: 1226: 1222: 1217: 1210: 1206: 1201: 1192: 1185: 1179: 1172: 1171: 1164: 1156: 1152: 1148: 1142: 1138: 1133: 1132: 1123: 1114: 1106: 1102: 1098: 1092: 1088: 1084: 1083: 1075: 1068: 1064: 1060: 1054: 1047: 1043: 1039: 1033: 1026: 1025: 1018: 1011: 1010: 1003: 978: 970: 964: 956: 952: 948: 942: 938: 934: 933: 928: 922: 915: 914: 907: 900: 899:0-300-02710-9 896: 892: 886: 877: 870: 866: 862: 858: 857:Kamien, Roger 853: 846: 845:0-393-95480-3 842: 838: 832: 828: 818: 817:Altered scale 815: 814: 808: 806: 802: 798: 795: 791: 787: 784: 774: 772: 768: 767:Stevie Wonder 763: 761: 757: 753: 749: 723: 719: 718:altered scale 715: 711: 707: 701: 699: 695: 694:John Coltrane 691: 687: 686:Wayne Shorter 683: 679: 675: 671: 661: 659: 655: 651: 650: 649:An die Jugend 645: 641: 637: 633: 619: 615: 611: 607: 604:The first of 602: 600: 599: 594: 590: 574: 570: 568: 564: 560: 556: 555: 550: 539: 529: 528: 527: 525: 524: 519: 518: 513: 512:impressionist 509: 505: 501: 497: 493: 491: 489: 485: 481: 469: 459: 458: 457: 455: 451: 447: 446: 441: 440: 435: 431: 430: 425: 421: 420: 415: 411: 410: 405: 401: 376: 372: 369: 364: 360: 358: 357: 352: 329: 319: 318: 317: 315: 313: 308: 304: 300: 296: 292: 286: 276: 274: 270: 266: 261: 256: 254: 250: 246: 242: 238: 234: 231:The composer 226: 225:Walter Piston 220: 218: 213: 207: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 173: 163: 162: 154: 144: 143: 142: 140: 139: 134: 133:complementary 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 98: 93: 84: 82: 78: 74: 72: 68: 62: 59: 57: 54: 53: 50: 46: 44: 43:pitch classes 39: 34: 19: 2837:Lambda scale 2744:Arabic maqam 2701:Werckmeister 2548: 2532:Temperaments 2251:Oriental (V) 2105:Aeolian (VI) 1988:Hypophrygian 1790: 1781: 1751:Quarter tone 1569:Main Western 1508:Compositions 1494:Tone cluster 1472:Polytonality 1459: 1435:Chromaticism 1428:and concepts 1362:Mystic chord 1254: 1245: 1237: 1232: 1224: 1220: 1216: 1208: 1204: 1200: 1191: 1184:Jazz Monthly 1183: 1178: 1168: 1163: 1130: 1122: 1113: 1081: 1074: 1058: 1053: 1037: 1032: 1022: 1017: 1007: 1002: 977: 931: 921: 911: 906: 890: 885: 876: 860: 852: 836: 831: 800: 797:Mehdi Hassan 785: 780: 764: 750: 702: 667: 657: 647: 634: 603: 596: 587: 566: 559:chromaticism 552: 547: 521: 515: 496:H. C. Colles 494: 487: 483: 477: 450:Scheherazade 449: 445:Scheherazade 443: 442:and also in 437: 427: 424:Dargomyzhsky 417: 407: 397: 373:in Chopin's 356:Musical Joke 354: 349: 311: 299:Es ist genug 288: 269:mystic chord 257: 241:George Perle 230: 212:tone centers 209: 184:leading tone 181: 136: 108: 102: 71:Forte number 2832:Delta scale 2827:Gamma scale 2817:Alpha scale 2719:non-Western 2717:Traditional 2412:Pitch class 2392:Millioctave 2375:Measurement 2095:Lydian (IV) 2085:Dorian (II) 2043:Hypolocrian 2033:Hypoaeolian 1605:Other types 1221:Four in One 1205:Impressions 1186:, February. 760:Four in One 716:in which G 706:turnarounds 698:Impressions 654:Franz Liszt 636:BĂ©la BartĂłk 618:12-tone row 567:Sinfonietta 554:Sinfonietta 484:ĐŸŃ€Đ°Đ·ĐŽĐœĐ”ŃŃ‚ĐČĐŸ 419:Prince Igor 196:symmetrical 2853:Categories 2822:Beta scale 2800:Non-octave 2791:Tetrachord 2693:Kirnberger 2656:Schismatic 2307:Heptatonic 2295:Pentatonic 2289:Tetratonic 2129:Jazz minor 2071:Ionian (I) 2048:Pentatonic 2023:Hypoionian 1993:Hypolydian 1983:Hypodorian 1965:Mixolydian 1855:Non-octave 1831:Neapolitan 1712:Whole tone 1672:Jazz minor 1637:Enharmonic 1586:Pentatonic 1489:Tone Clock 1440:Cyclic set 1426:Techniques 1381:Genres and 1343:Scales and 1146:0521480043 1096:0393097048 946:0674779339 823:References 678:Don Redman 606:Alban Berg 305:chose the 283:See also: 125:whole tone 81:Complement 41:Number of 2812:A12 scale 2766:Octoechos 2731:ShĂ­-Ăšr-lǜ 2680:Irregular 2497:Otonality 2437:Microtone 2325:Chromatic 2319:Decatonic 2313:Octatonic 2301:Hexatonic 2271:Monotonic 1942:Authentic 1933:Gregorian 1697:Symmetric 1642:Enigmatic 1596:Chromatic 1412:Serialism 1332:Atonality 1170:Limelight 963:cite book 752:Art Tatum 682:Gil Evans 490:), Op. 38 406:'s opera 400:overtures 368:secondary 289:In 1662, 260:hexachord 138:hexatonic 36:Qualities 2697:Vallotti 2650:septimal 2642:Meantone 2402:Interval 2283:Tritonic 2063:Diatonic 1955:Phrygian 1821:Japanese 1777:Gamelan 1728:Algerian 1652:Harmonic 1591:Diatonic 1253:(2008). 1155:32626039 955:31710528 893:, p.48. 859:(2008). 811:See also 805:Carnatic 745:♭ 739:♭ 733:♭ 727:♭ 629:♭ 623:♯ 523:PrĂ©ludes 504:Schubert 488:Une fĂȘte 454:diatonic 380:♭ 314:, BWV 60 273:semitone 222:—  204:tonality 121:interval 2786:Slendro 2736:Dastgah 2661:Miracle 2624:96-tone 2619:72-tone 2614:58-tone 2609:53-tone 2604:41-tone 2599:34-tone 2594:31-tone 2584:24-tone 2579:23-tone 2574:22-tone 2569:19-tone 2564:17-tone 2559:15-tone 2554:12-tone 2485:7-limit 2480:5-limit 2277:Ditonic 2038:Locrian 2028:Aeolian 1836:Persian 1816:Istrian 1792:Slendro 1765:Brazil 1732:Arabic 1383:schools 837:Harmony 807:rāgam. 801:Gopriya 549:Janáček 500:Berlioz 414:Borodin 307:chorale 2754:Mugham 2740:Maqam 2634:Linear 2588:pieces 2549:6-tone 2470:Hexany 2397:Savart 2018:Ionian 1975:Plagal 1960:Lydian 1950:Dorian 1345:tuning 1265:  1153:  1143:  1105:504195 1103:  1093:  1065:  1044:  953:  943:  897:  867:  843:  786:Sahera 652:, and 517:Voiles 404:Glinka 351:Mozart 188:triads 2771:Pelog 2759:Muqam 2705:Young 2666:Magic 2541:Equal 2475:Limit 2382:Pitch 2011:Other 1891:Modes 1877:Delta 1872:Gamma 1862:Alpha 1801:Gypsy 1783:Pelog 1617:Blues 1612:Bebop 1581:Minor 1576:Major 794:Ustad 439:Sadko 200:tonic 123:of a 113:scale 111:is a 105:music 2776:Raga 2387:Cent 2327:(12) 2321:(10) 2111:and 2077:and 1867:Beta 1667:Jazz 1561:list 1400:List 1334:and 1263:ISBN 1151:OCLC 1141:ISBN 1101:OCLC 1091:ISBN 1063:ISBN 1042:ISBN 983:vii7 969:link 951:OCLC 941:ISBN 895:ISBN 865:ISBN 841:ISBN 783:raga 781:The 754:and 730:or D 690:JuJu 670:jazz 664:Jazz 502:and 412:and 297:'s " 117:note 107:, a 85:6-35 75:6-35 2315:(8) 2309:(7) 2303:(6) 2297:(5) 2291:(4) 2285:(3) 2279:(2) 2273:(1) 1395:Row 985:as 937:556 788:in 773:". 700:". 626:, E 608:'s 426:'s 416:'s 402:to 267:'s 202:or 103:In 2855:: 2703:, 2699:, 2695:, 2648:, 1257:. 1149:. 1139:. 1137:70 1099:. 1089:. 1087:81 965:}} 961:{{ 949:. 939:. 660:. 642:. 255:. 219:." 206:. 2782:) 2778:( 2707:) 2691:( 2687:/ 2652:) 2644:( 2590:) 2586:( 2360:e 2353:t 2346:v 2168:) 2164:( 2143:) 2139:( 2115:) 2107:( 2081:) 2073:( 1917:e 1910:t 1903:v 1563:) 1559:( 1549:e 1542:t 1535:v 1324:e 1317:t 1310:v 1271:. 1157:. 1107:. 1069:. 1048:. 992:9 987:V 971:) 957:. 901:. 871:. 847:. 540:. 486:( 470:. 330:. 174:. 155:. 47:6 20:)

Index

Whole tone scale
pitch classes
Maximal evenness
Degenerate well-formed collection
Forte number
Complement

chromatic scale
music
scale
note
interval
whole tone
equal temperament
complementary
hexatonic
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leading tone
triads
augmented triads
symmetrical
tonic
tonality
tone centers
Hollywood Style
Walter Piston
Olivier Messiaen
mode of limited transposition
George Perle

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