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Octave
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The interval between two tones with the same name that are seven diatonic pitches apart, 12 chromatic half steps.
String half as long will vibrate twice as fast - octave higher String twice as long will vibrate half as fast - octave lower. |
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Half step
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How the twelve tones of the octave are divided in western music.
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Chromatic Scale
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Twelve tones of the octave divided by half steps.
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Sharp
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To raise a tone by a half step.
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Flat
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To lower a tone by a half step.
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Key
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A group of related tones that revolve around the tonic to which they gravitate.
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Major Scale
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Diatonic scale
seven tones do<re mi<fa sol<la ti>do 1, 1,1/2,1, 1, 1,1/2 steps |
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Mode
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The pattern of whole and half steps between any key of scale.
Major mode - w,w,h,w,w,w,h Minor mode - w,h,w,w,h,w,w |
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Minor Scale
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Diatonic scale
Its third degree is half step lower. 1, 1/2, 1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1 steps |
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Pentatonic Scale
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Other cultures divide the octave differently.
This is the most common. Octave divided into FIVE-notes. |
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Microtones
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Intervals smaller than a half step.
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Ragas
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Scale for the music of India, contains certain pitches that are heard only in one direction.
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