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- What is a whole tone scale guitar?
- What chord do you use the whole tone scale over?
- What music uses the whole tone scale?
What is a whole tone scale guitar?
The whole tone scale is a symmetrical scale formed by a succession of whole tone intervals. It is a hexatonic scale made up of six notes that divide the octave in six equal notes. ... The whole-tone scale can be used to add tensions to your jazz guitar improvisations over dominant 7th chords.
What chord do you use the whole tone scale over?
So, the whole tone scale can be played over a dominant 7th or 9th chord with a sharp five and sharp eleven. Occasionally, you'll see an augmented triad (1, 3, #5). The whole tone scale works over this chord as well.
What music uses the whole tone scale?
Claude Debussy, who had been influenced by Russians, along with other impressionist composers made extensive use of whole tone scales. Voiles, the second piece in Debussy's first book of Préludes, is almost entirely within one whole-tone scale.
