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• 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

• heptatonic scale — ▪ music also called  Seven note Scale, or Seven tone Scale,         musical scale made up of seven different tones. The major and minor scales of Western art music are the most commonly known heptatonic scales, but different forms of seven tone… …   Universalium

• 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