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What is a whole tone in music?
Whole-tone scale, in music, a scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the next by a whole-tone step (or whole step), in contradistinction to the chromatic scale (consisting entirely of half steps, also called semitones) and the various diatonic scales, such as the major and minor scales (which are different ...
Who uses whole tone scale?
The most famous use of the whole tone scale in popular music is in the intro of Stevie Wonder's You Are The Sunshine Of My Life. Other jazz standards featuring the whole tone scale are One Down, One Up (John Coltrane), and many of Thelonious Monk's compositions and solos, including Four in One and Trinkle-Tinkle.
What is a whole tone the same as?
The Whole Tone Scale (a.k.a. the Augmented Scale) is, as the name implies, built from notes with intervals of a whole note. This is a so-called symmetrical scale, meaning that the interval is the same throughout the scale. A whole tone is the same as two steps on the keyboard – a half tone is consequently one step.
