musical scale

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(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

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The musical scale is a convention which circumscribes the area of potentiality and permits construction within those limits in its own particular symmetry. Iannis Xenakis

A musical scale represents a division of the octave space into a certain number of scale steps, a scale step being the recognizable distance (or interval ) between two successive notes of the scale. Source: Internet

Indeed, it is the only major scale that can be obtained using natural notes (the white keys on the piano keyboard) and is typically the first musical scale taught in music schools. Source: Internet

In the musical scale, there are twelve pitches. Source: Internet

Solfège main Solfège is a way of assigning syllables to names of the musical scale. Source: Internet

The Guqin has a musical scale based on harmonic overtone positions. Source: Internet

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