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chromatic scale

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

chromatic scale in music: see scale .


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chromatic
chromatic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having colour. A chromatic colour is a colour having chroma , in contradistinction...without changing the key of the passage, or the musical scale containing all twelve semitones of the octave, also called the chromatic scale. Compare diatonic .[From Greek ... Read more
chromatic
...mus. it refers to notes not belonging to the diatonic scale. They are indicated by chromatics . The chromatic scale is 12 ascending or descending semitones (sharps ascending, flats descending). chromatic chords incl. one or more notes not in the diatonic scale of the prevailing key ... Read more
chromatic
chromatic Musical term used in melodic and harmonic analysis to refer to notes which do not occur in the scale of the key of a passage. Such notes are marked with accidentals; the chords in which they occur are termed chromatic. A chromatic scale is one containing all 12 notes of an octave ... Read more
chromatic
chromatic (mus.) including notes not contained in the diatonic scale XVII; pert. to colour XIX. — F. chromatique or L. chrōmaticus — Gr. khrōmatikós , f. khrôma , khrōmat- colour, fig. modification; see -IC . Read more
chromatic
...relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written. ∎  (of a scale) ascending or descending by semitones. ∎  (of an instrument) able to play all the notes of the chromatic scale. 2. of, relating to, or produced by color. ... Read more

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