Whole tone scale: formula 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7. Six notes all a whole step apart: no note stands out as home, so it sounds dreamlike and unresolved, as in Debussy. Only two different whole-tone scales exist.
Whole tone scale: formula 1 2 3 ♯4 ♯5 ♭7. Six notes all a whole step apart: no note stands out as home, so it sounds dreamlike and unresolved, as in Debussy. Only two different whole-tone scales exist.