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chromatic scale

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[English]

A scale which divides the octave into its semitones. There are twelve semitones, or half steps, to an octave in the chromatic scale.
 
See modern-scale-construction in the Appendix.

Example




Johann Sebastian Bach: "Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue" in D minor, BWV 903


Aram Khatchaturian: Gayne Suite No. 1, "Sabre Dance"


Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde", Prelude



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