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• Octatonic scale — Octatonic scales on C  Play (help …   Wikipedia

• Jazz scale — One chord scale option for +7th chords is the whole tone scale[1]: C D E F♯ G♯ A …   Wikipedia

• Musical scale — For psychoacoustic scale, see bark scale and mel scale. Pattern of whole and half steps in the Ionian mode or major scale on C   …   Wikipedia

• Polytonality — The musical use of more than one key simultaneously is polytonality. Bitonality is the use of only two different keys at the same time.A well known, controversial example is the fanfare at the beginning of the second tableau of Igor Stravinsky s… …   Wikipedia

• Altered scale — In jazz, the altered scale or altered dominant scale is a seven note scale that differs from the Locrian mode in having a lowered fourth scale degree. Starting on C, it contains the notes: C, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭ and B …   Wikipedia

• Diminution — This article is about the musical term. For other uses, see Diminution (disambiguation). In Western music and music theory, diminution (from Medieval Latin diminutio, alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease) has four distinct meanings. Diminution …   Wikipedia

• Synthetic scale — In music, synthetic scale is a scale which has been derived, often from a traditional diatonic scale such as the major scale [ Synthetic Musical Scales . Author(s): J. Murray Barbour. Source: The American Mathematical Monthly , Vol. 36, No. 3,… …   Wikipedia

• Prince Edmond de Polignac — Prince Edmond Melchior Jean Marie de Polignac (19 April 1834 8 August 1901) was a French composer. Heritage, prison sentence Edmond was a descendant of one of the more illustrious families of France. His father Auguste Jules Armand Marie, Prince… …   Wikipedia

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Rimsky Korsakov redirects here. For other uses, see Rimsky Korsakov (disambiguation). Portrait of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov in 1898 by Valentin Serov (detail) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky Korsakov (Russian: Николай Андреевич Римский Корсаков, Nikolaj …   Wikipedia

• Tōru Takemitsu — nihongo|Tōru Takemitsu|武満 徹|Takemitsu Tōru|October 8, 1930 ndash; February 20, 1996 was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle manipulation of …   Wikipedia