![]() ![]() Scales are named according to the note on which they begin and their mode. In classical music there are two modes: major and minor. The different patterns of tones and semitones in which we climb the diatonic scales are known as modes. Most commonly used are the diatonic scales - formed from seven sounds that divide the octave into five tones and two semitones arranged in various ways, and never with two consecutive semitones. ![]() We can go up two steps at a time and we will have a whole-tone scale (scale composed tone intervals), or we can go up using a mixture of tones and semitones. We can play all the steps and, in this case, we will obtain a chromatic scale (a scale composed by semitone intervals). There are several ways to "go up" or "down" a scale. The difference between one pitch and its nearest neighbour is called a semitone. The scale should be understood as a series of steps, and for this we have to imagine the piano keyboard as a series of equally spaced pitches. The term scale indicates a series of sounds sorted in ascending or descending order of pitch, starting from any note and continuing until it reaches the octave above or below. ![]()
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