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  2. List of pieces that use the whole-tone scale - Wikipedia

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    "Nacht" from Seven Early Songs [8] Hector Berlioz. Francs-Juges Overture [9] Ferruccio Busoni. An die Jugend for piano, the right hand part of the "Preludietto, Fughetta ed Esercizio" is based on the whole tone scale. [10] Frédéric Chopin. Prelude No. 19, mm. 43–44, in the bass, "while the melody moves down chromatically" [11] Alexander ...

  3. Pentatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and minor scale). Pentatonic scales were developed independently by many ancient civilizations [ 2 ] and are still used in various musical styles to this day.

  4. Jazz scale - Wikipedia

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    In this nomenclature, minor is employed in the sense of relative key, as the diatonic A minor scale is the relative minor of the diatonic C major scale. Jazz improvisers, particularly bassist and guitarist, use these scales in a number of interesting ways. For example, over B ♭ maj 7 ♯ 11, one can use a major pentatonic based on the 2nd ...

  5. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament

  6. In scale - Wikipedia

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    The in scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the koto and shamisen and is contrasted with the yo scale, which does not contain minor notes. [1] In scale on D with auxiliary notes (F) & (C). 1-b2-(b3)-4-5-b6-(b7) Play ⓘ.

  7. Jazz improvisation - Wikipedia

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    The major pentatonic scale comprises only five notes of the major scale (C pentatonic scale is C D E G A), whereas the minor pentatonic scale comprises the five notes (C E ♭ F G B ♭). Pentatonics are useful in pattern form and that is how they are usually played. One pattern using the pentatonic scale could be 3 6 5 2 3 5 (in C: E A G D E G).

  8. Whole-tone scale - Wikipedia

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    The two whole-tone scales as a symmetrical partitioning of the chromatic scale; [1] if C=0 then the top stave has even (02468t) and the bottom has odd (13579e) pitches. In music, a whole-tone scale is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by the interval of a whole tone.

  9. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Wikipedia

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    "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul (lyrics by Gail Fisher) in 1966 for Cannonball Adderley and which appears on his album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" . The song is the title track of the album and became a surprise hit in February 1967. [ 1 ] "