chromatic scale
a scale progressing entirely by semitones.
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How to use chromatic scale in a sentence
All this fine chromatic scale passes within such modest boundaries that it is accused as a monotony.
The Rhythm of Life | Alice MeynellIt resembles closely an Erda theme of the Ring—as is quite natural, for one chromatic scale cannot but resemble another.
Richard Wagner | John F. RuncimanHe was therefore forced to go down the chromatic scale of creation and find another class of clients.
"Tristan und Isolde" and "Parsifal" are constructed upon a chromatic scale.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldThe music of Japan, though built on the chromatic scale, was much the same as that of China.
Woman's Work in Music | Arthur Elson
British Dictionary definitions for chromatic scale
a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
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