NOUN | communication | musical scale, scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
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Meaning | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave). | |
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Synonym | scale | |
Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Members | note, musical note, tone | A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound |
Narrower | chromatic scale | A 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave |
diatonic scale | A scale with eight notes in an octave | |
gamut | The entire scale of musical notes | |
gapped scale | A musical scale with fewer than seven notes | |
Broader | musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians / musicians |
Spanish | escala musical, escala, gama | |
Catalan | escala musical, escala |
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