Grade 8 Music Theory, Unit 8, Lesson 5 of 9
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Octatonic and chromatic scales

Music theory, 20th-century techniques, 10 minutes

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Semitones and tones in turn, and all twelve notes.

Eight and twelve

Octatonic: semitone, tone, semitone, tone

The octatonic scale has eight notes, semitones and tones in turn. The chromatic scale has all twelve, a semitone apart.

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