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  Diatonic scale

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  Minor scale

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  Chromatic scale

  The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone or half step apart. A chromatic scale is a nondiatonic scale consisting entirely of half-step intervals having no tonic due to the symmetry of its equally spaced tones. The most common conception of the chromatic scale...
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  Whole tone scale

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  C major

  C major (often just C or key of C) is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps. Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor. Many instruments, such as the piano, are tuned in C. C major is one of the most...
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  C minor

  C minor (abbreviated c or cm) is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. The harmonic minor raises the B♭ to B♮. Its key signature consists of three flats (see below: Scales and keys). In the Baroque period, music in C minor was usually written with a two...
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  G major

  G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F♯. Its key signature has one sharp, F♯. (see below: Scales and keys). Its relative minor is E minor, and its parallel minor is G minor. In the treble clef, the sharp-symbol for F is usually placed on the...
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  D major

  D major (or the key of D) is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯. Its key signature consists of two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor. D major is well-suited to violin music because of the structure of the instrument,...
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  C flat major

  C♭ major is a major scale based on C♭, consisting of the pitches C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature has seven flats — the enharmonically equivalent key signature B major (five sharps) is usually used instead. (see below: Scales and keys). C♭ major is the only major or minor key,...
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  A major

  A major (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor. The key of A-major is the only key where a Neapolitan sixth chord on requires both a flat...