musical scale

Noun
  1. (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) (synset 106869618)
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
    subtypes:
    • gamut - the entire scale of musical notes
    • diatonic scale - a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
    • chromatic scale - a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
    • gapped scale - a musical scale with fewer than seven notes
    member holonym: musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
    same as: scale

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