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Revision as of 12:50, 19 February 2017
Definition
A scale containing no semitones but built entirely on whole tones. Debussy used the whole-tone scale in some of his pieces which were influenced by Impressionism. A whole-tone scale starting on C is shown below.
Examples
Hear whole-tone scales in this piece by Debussy
Related concepts
- Scale (N4 & N4 Tech)
- Tone (N5 & N5 Tech)
- Impressionist (H)