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chromatic scale

American  

noun

Music.

  1. a scale progressing entirely by semitones.

chromatic scale British  

noun

  1. a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave

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Etymology

Origin of chromatic scale

First recorded in 1780–90

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