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chromatic scale
noun
- a scale progressing entirely by semitones.
chromatic scale
noun
- a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
Word History and Origins
Origin of chromatic scale1
Example Sentences
For major and minor scales, there are seven notes; for pentatonic, five; for a chromatic scale, twelve.
With a soft approach, his opening, of upward chromatic scales passed around the orchestra, was a garden of strangely beautiful flowers in bloom.
A London journal in 1848 wrote: “Her technical skill alone is immense; in the completeness of her chromatic scale she is, probably, without a rival.”
“Her technical skill alone is immense; in the completeness of her chromatic scale she is, probably, without a rival,” said an article published in Fraser’s Magazine, a London journal, in 1848.
The two songs share similar chord progressions and a bass line that descends along a chromatic scale.
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