Whole tone scale


A scale built entirely of whole tone intervals. The whole tone scale was used commonly by the French impressionists.

SCALE STEPS (IN SEMITONES OR HALF-STEPS)
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SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLE:

Debussy: Préludes, Book I, "Voiles"
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 3, Track 35
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