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GAMME CHROMATIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

A scale which divides the octave into its semitones.

CONT

There are twelve semitones, or half steps, to an octave in the chromatic scale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

La gamme chromatique se forme par l'intercalation, entre les 7 degrés de la gamme diatonique, de 5 demi-tons chromatiques, obtenus par l'emploi des altérations accidentelles.

CONT

L'intervalle séparant chacun des degrés de la gamme chromatique est toujours d'un demi-ton.

Spanish

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