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Scale that includes all twelve pitches.
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a Western musical scale, which uses ALL the swarastaanas. It usually begins at C and has the following note sequence: C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C (backwards in the descending), and would be equivalent to a scale in Carnatic that was: s r1 r2 g2 g3 m1 m2 p d1 d2 n2 n3 S
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A scale made up of 12 semitones
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The pattern that results when all twelve adjacent semitones in an octave are played successively.
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the musical scale, made up of 13 half steps to an octave
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An instrument for weighing that indicates half-pounds.
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a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
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Scale of half steps (C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, etc...)
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Because the chromatic scale has twelve notes and each fret on the guitar moves up one half-step, every note appears on all six strings somewhere before the twelfth fret. In other words, there is an 'E' on every string, an 'A' on every string, a 'Gb' on every string, etc.
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a scale consisting of successive half-steps
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A scale made up of twelve half-tones in a series.
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A sequence of notes that progresses in consecutive half steps, ascending and/or descending.
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a scale progressing entirely by semi-tones or half steps.
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The scale containing all twelve tones, played in succession.
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A scale taking in all 12 semi-tones of the octave.
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A Chromatic scale consists of an ascending or descending sequence of 12 semitones.
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Music. A scale consisting of 12 semitones.
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A scale composed of 12 half steps.
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The chromatic scale is the scale that contains all twelve pitches of the Western tempered scale.
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