💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Musical scale"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| scalenoun | An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude. |
| major | Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. |
| musical notationnoun | (music) A system that represents music through the use of written symbols. |
| blue scalenoun | (music) A blues scale. |
| notenoun | A symbol or annotation. |
| spellingnoun | (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. |
| music notationnoun | Synonym of musical notation. |
| figured bassnoun | (music) A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note. |
| shape notenoun | A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round. |
| stemnoun | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| systemnoun | A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. |
| solfègenoun | (music) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la. |
| clefnoun | (music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from 16th c.] |
| a majornoun | (music) The major key with A as its tonic, with the notes A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯, the key signature of which has three sharps. |
| voicingnoun | (phonetics) The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate. |
| arpeggionoun | (music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest. |
| key signaturenoun | (music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale. |
| sordinenoun | (music) A mute for musical instruments. |
| keynotenoun | A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address. |
| shape-notenoun | Alternative form of shape note. [A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round.] |
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