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chromatic scale
noun[ C ]
music specializeduk /krəʊˌmæt.ɪk ˈskeɪl/ us /kroʊˌmæt̬.ɪk ˈskeɪl/(alsotwelve-tone scale)
a musical scale(= set of notes played or sung in order, going up or down) that includes all twelve semitones in an octave(= series of eight notes):
How many notes are there in a chromatic scale?
Half of the work in is normal tuning, with melodies in a twelve-tone scale.
I used a descending chromatic scale throughout the score.
In each piece, Schoenberg arranged the 12 notes of the chromatic scale in an arbitrary, but fixed, order.
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