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...

The chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches (more completely, pitch classes) used in tonal music, with notes separated by the...

The major scale (or Ionian mode) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music. It is one of the diatonic scales. Like many...

intelligibility and appeal of music. A musical scale is a discrete set of pitches used in making or describing music. The most important scale in the Western tradition...

loose comparison to western music, saptak (as an octave or scale) may be interpreted as solfège, e.g. the notes of a scale as Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La,...

fixed ratio of length Vernier scale, the scale on calipers Scale (music), a sequence of ordered musical notes Scale (string instruments), the sounding length...

classical music theory, the minor scale refers to three scale patterns – the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic...

Hemitonic scales contain one or more semitones and anhemitonic scales do not contain semitones. (For example, in Japanese music the anhemitonic yo scale is contrasted...

In music, duration is an amount of time or how long or short a note, phrase, section, or composition lasts. "Duration is the length of time a pitch, or...

Indian music see Tala (music). For other Asian approaches to rhythm see Rhythm in Persian music, Rhythm in Arabic music and Usul—Rhythm in Turkish music and...

in Japanese folk music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist shōmyō. The in scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the koto and...

equations with differential equations In music: Rhythm, a temporal pattern of events Time scale (music), which divides music into sections of time In project...

In music theory a diatonic scale is a heptatonic (seven-note) scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each...

In music, the Phrygian dominant scale (or the Phrygian ♮3 scale) is the actual fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. It...

In music, the acoustic scale, overtone scale, Lydian dominant scale (Lydian ♭7 scale), or the Mixolydian ♯4 scale is a seven-note synthetic scale. It is...

An octatonic scale is any eight-note musical scale. However, the term most often refers to the ancohemitonic symmetric scale composed of alternating whole...

In scale (music) theory, a maximally even set (scale) is one in which every generic interval has either one or two consecutive integers specific intervals-in...

(music). Fourier series Klang (music) Otonality and Utonality Piano acoustics Scale of harmonics Undertone series William Forde Thompson (2008). Music...

In music theory, the scale degree is the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic—the first and main note of the scale from which...

made from them; in mensural music most often theorists applied it to division of longa into 3 or 2 breves. A musical scale is a series of pitches in a...

In music and music theory, a hexatonic scale is a scale with six pitches or notes per octave. Famous examples include the whole-tone scale, C D E F♯ G♯...

scale adapted from shamisen music by Yatsuhashi Kengyō for tuning of the koto. "The hirajoshi, kumoijoshi, and kokinjoshi 'scales' are Western derivations...

on the theorist) seven-tone scale types. Several heptatonic scales in Western, Roman, Spanish, Hungarian, and Greek music can be analyzed as juxtapositions...

minor scale, or a dodecatonic (chromatic 12-note) scale, both common in modern Western music. Tetratonic scales are not common in modern art music, and...

Hypomixolydian mode of medieval music, by contrast, has no modern counterpart.) The modern diatonic mode is the scale forming the basis of both the rising...

The term blues scale refers to several different scales with differing numbers of pitches and related characteristics. A blues scale is often formed by...

A logarithmic scale (or log scale) is a method used to display numerical data that spans a broad range of values, especially when there are significant...

"Istrian scale" refers both to a "unique" musical scale and to the folk music genres from Istria and Kvarner which use that scale. It is named for the...

b2 4 b5 b7. It is used in traditional Japanese music for the koto. It is a mode of the Hirajōshi scale. Taaffe, Dennis (2008). Alien Guitar Lessons for...

The term Gypsy scale refers to one of several musical scales named after their support of and association with Romani or "Gypsy" music, the latter being...