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12-tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending ⓘ. 12 equal temperament (12-ET) [a] is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 (≈ 1.05946).
The name of each is in the leftmost column, and each note is labelled with its placement with the key. For instance, in the key of C-major, the first note of key (a C-note), is labelled with the number "1", under the column labelled "C".
The pattern of whole and half steps characteristic of a major scale. The intervals from the tonic (keynote) in an upward direction to the second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees of a major scale are called major. [1] A major scale is a diatonic scale. The sequence of intervals between the notes of a major scale is:
Stevens grip is a technique for playing keyboard percussion instruments with four mallets developed by Leigh Howard Stevens.While marimba performance with two, four, and even six mallets had been done for more than a century, Stevens developed this grip based on the Musser grip, looking to expanded musical possibilities.
This cycle of 48 notes is a sequence of the first four notes of each major scale in the order of fifths from the circle of fifths. This cycle also contains all the Major/Ionian scales (overlapping) in the order of fifths with Dorian, Phrygian and Lydian modes also included for each Major group (e.g. C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian).
Starting the scale on a different degree will always create a new mode with individual interval layouts—for example starting on the second degree of a major scale gives the "Dorian mode"—tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone, tone. This is not so of the modes of limited transposition, which can be modally shifted only a limited number ...
Chromatic circle diagrams of the four common ancohemitonic heptatonic scales. A heptatonic scale is a musical scale that has seven pitches, or tones, per octave. Examples include: the diatonic scale; including the major scale and its modes (notably the natural minor scale, or Aeolian mode)