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2. 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: 15-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 15 — — — 16 equal temperament: 16-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 16 — — 17 equal temperament ...

3. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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   Scale length (string instruments) The scale length of a string instrument is the maximum vibrating length of the strings that produce sound, and determines the range of tones that string can produce at a given tension. It is also called string length. On instruments in which strings are not "stopped" (typically by frets or the player's fingers ...

4. Scale (music) - Wikipedia

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   Scale (music) The C major scale, ascending and descending. In music theory, a scale is "any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave ", typically by order of pitch or fundamental frequency. [1][2] The word "scale" originates from the Latin scala, which literally means "ladder".

5. Pythagorean tuning - Wikipedia

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   Comparison of equal-tempered (black) and Pythagorean (green) intervals showing the relationship between frequency ratio and the intervals' values, in cents. Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are determined by choosing a sequence of fifths [2] which are "pure" or perfect, with ratio .

6. Chord-scale system - Wikipedia

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   The chord-scale system is a method of matching, from a list of possible chords, a list of possible scales. [2] The system has been widely used since the 1970s. [3] However, the majority of older players used the chord tone/chord arpeggio method. The system is an example of the difference between the treatment of dissonance in jazz and classical ...

7. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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   Standard tuning (listen) Guitar tunings are the assignment of pitches to the open strings of guitars, including classical guitars, acoustic guitars, and electric guitars. Tunings are described by the particular pitches that are made by notes in Western music. By convention, the notes are ordered and arranged from the lowest-pitched string (i.e ...