Scales where a whole tone is within them scales 1 note away from a whole tone charts for a whole tone on guitar and piano. The whole tone scale is a harsh sounding dissonant scale. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar melodic minor scale scale 7. There are only two whole tone scales with different notes in as each step of the scale is a whole tone. Much of what goes into deciding what scale to use over any given chord is all about the context what chords are. Jguitars scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. Learning the whole tone scale hexatonic simplifying theory. All six notes are separated by a whole step or whole tone. For other parts search pizieno in the musescores sheet music finder. In music, a wholetone scale is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by the interval of a whole tone. In this case you could only take the scale up a semi tone because if it goes up one more semitone then you would be back to where you started.
If you really want to use the whole tone scale in some very challenging areas, try minor chords. A particularly easy scale is the whole tone scale, so called because all the steps in the scale are whole steps. The whole tone scale is a useful one to know and because of its unique structure, very versatile. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar melodic minor scale. The same triads that exist in the whole tone scale also exist in the melodic and harmonic minor scales.
The wholetone scale can be used over a dominant 7 chord. The whole tone scale is made up of six notes, which is smaller than the major scale modes but is bigger than the pentatonic scale, and it actually fits fairly easily under the fingers on the fretboard. The whole tone scale, as you may know, is a symmetrical hexatonic 6 note scale in which the intervallic distance between each of its inherent tones is that of a major 2nd, or whole tone. Most everyone knows what a major scale sounds like if you play all the white keys on the piano from c up to the next c an octave higher, that is the c major scale. Wholetone scale, in music, a scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the next by a wholetone step or whole step, in contradistinction to the chromatic scale consisting entirely of half steps, also called semitones and the various diatonic scales, such as. An introduction to symmetrical scales for guitar guitar.
Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. For example, d whole tone scale begins from d and has the same notes of the a. Com the whole tone guitar scale whole tone scale 12fr. Improvise freely with right hand in one of those scales, and play any notes of. This is a socalled symmetrical scale, meaning that the interval is the same throughout the scale. In music, a wholetone scale is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by. The pattern for a wholetone scale is easy to remember because it consists only of wholesteps w. The whole tone scale is a sixnote or hexatonic scale. All scales not normal were excluded from the results, please use the options below to see a whole tone again with all the other scales compared to it.
The wholetone scale, consisting entirely of whole tones is in contradistinction to the chromatic scale which consists entirely of half steps or semitones, as well as diatonic scales like the major and minor scales which consist of semitones and whole tones. A whole tone is the same as two steps on the keyboard a half tone is consequently one step. The wholetone scale has no leading tone and because all tones are the same distance apart, no. Just as the chromatic scale is built using only half steps, the wholetone scale uses only whole steps. I suggest to use it just on the dominant 7th chord. Whole tone scales overview with pictures piano scales. The wholetone scale, as the name implies, is made up exclusively from whole tones. Click on the links below to download the pdf version of this etude, or a midi version of it for you to listen to. The other 10 whole tone scales have the same notes of these, but of course, they begin from different tones. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks.
When you play the whole tone scale over minor chords you always play it a half step down. With the combination of the key, tempo, chord progressions and scales suggestions to use, you will be making solos in no time. Adjust the start fret option to further highlight a finger pattern for playing the selected scale in a different position on the fretboard. A half step is from key to key with no keys in between. Notice how the whole tone scale helps us to link all these ideas together in a way that sounds logical. Since we have only 12 notes to play with and each scale uses six, there are only two scales to remember. Printable downloadable whole tone scales guitar chart. I mentioned that there were two applications of the whole tone scale, and weve really only looked at one, its use over a dominant chord.
Fretboard topologies boo to compose, improvise, and explore the instrument. The whole tone scale is a hexatonic 6 note scale that seems to break the western harmony relationship between tension and resolution. Half tone, whole tone, minor third, and major third are the building blocks of the scales in this book. Augmented chords, too, can support whole tone lines by simply adding whole step passing tones. Its sonority is not as acclaimed as the other scales. The wholetone scale, consisting entirely of whole tones is in contradistinction to the chromatic scale which consists entirely of half steps or semitones, as well as. Hexatonic or whole tone scales, french horn musescore. Nice, we will talk about some details later, but is good for you to know that the whole tone scale it is not as used as diminished, harmonic minor or melodic minor scales. Musical scales a scale is a set of pitches or a group of notes that are arranged and played by increasing pitch ascending or decreasing pitch descending order. Because the distance between each successive pair of notes is the same, there are no aural cues that let the listener know which note is the tonic. Scales a whole tone scale bass ultimate guitar archive. We can simplify and summarize all 12 whole tone scales to just 2 scale types.
You played all the white keys, but left out all the black keys. Before we get to some points of reference and practical uses of the scale, lets get some fingerings together. Home symmetric scales wholetone scale d wholetone scale. C ocarina g ocarina click on the score to view exercises for any scale. Good evening all im looking for a little clarification on the construction of halfdiminished scales and diminished whole tone scales.
Musical scales and emotions there are many different types of musical scales. In contrast, this note investigates the use of whole tones in less. It is a 6tone scale aka hexatonic hexa 6 consisting of all whole steps remember. For example, there are only two distinct wholetone scales, one. A wholetone scale is a scale made entirely of wholesteps and has only six notes. This relationship is worthy of an article by itself, so i wrote one, but here we are talking about a very specific scale, the whole tone scale. Where to use whole tone and other scales no treble. If you dont know either, practice the chromatic scale first, as its the most useful. To contact me write a private messages to pizieno0 without other numbers next n.
The fractured sound of the whole tone scale seymour duncan. We can also use it, sort of, over a minor chord, but when we do we have to play it a semitone lower. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. Symmetrical scales symmetrical scales are those that have an even number of degrees. The whole tone scale is a nice tool to get some shifting outside ideas on a. So, the chromatic and whole tone scales are really useful to have under your fingers and in your ears. Wholetone scale, in music, a scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the next by a whole tone step or whole step, in contradistinction to the chromatic scale consisting entirely of half steps, also called semitones and the various diatonic scales, such as the major and minor scales. The major scales and the minor scales are the two most commonly used musical scales. The whole tone scale jazz guitar lesson with diagrams and patterns. The tritone has appeared in western music for hundreds of years. Major and minor scales consists of 7 notes, while pentatonic scales are made of 5 notes. Per altre parti cerca pizieno nel finder di musescore. Fingering is a personal choice of which finger feels natural to you. In twelvetone equal temperament, there are only two complementary wholetone scales, both sixnote or hexatonic scales.
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