Melodic chromatic scale

A Melodic Chromatic Scale sounds the same but is written in different ways. A Melodic Chromatic Scale may be written in a “Set Form”. ... Therefore the notes in the ascending and descending Harmonic Chromatic Scale are the same notes. A Chromatic Scale uses all 12 semitones in the octave, for a total of 13 notes.

1. What is a harmonic chromatic scale?
2. What is a chromatic melody?
3. What is the formula for a chromatic scale?
4. What are the 12 chromatic scales?

What is a harmonic chromatic scale?

The harmonic chromatic scale is the same whether rising or falling and includes all the notes in the major, harmonic minor or melodic minor scales plus flattened second and sharpened fourth degrees. This leads to a single fifth, single tonic key-note, single octave key-note and pairs of every other degree.

What is a chromatic melody?

chromatic melodies include notes outside the key of music. atonal melodies are not based on any key or tonal centre.

What is the formula for a chromatic scale?

A chromatic scale is a twelve note scale with a numeric formula of 1-♭2-2-♭3-3-4-♭5-5-♭6-6-♭7-7-8/1. The chromatic scale is a series of 12 half steps or semitones and represents all of the tones available to us in Western music.

What are the 12 chromatic scales?

Chromatic scales are the scales that includes all twelve tones in sequential order: A, A#/Bb, B, C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, G, and G#/Ab. Chromatic scales can start from any of the twelve tones, so there are twelve different iterations or inversions of the scale.