The chromatic scale -- the musical scale that follows the notes of the piano and of which the Western seven-tone do-re-mi scale is a subset -- may not be based on number ratios, as many physicists ...

The name Chromatic Brass comes from the term chromatic scale, Dorsett said, which refers to a scale in which all the notes used in Western music are played.

Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2019), pp. 1-34 (34 pages) This article establishes an expanded theory of tonicization for harmonic progressions in rock music. While previous ...

In Western music, the major scale (do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do) is the best known scale. However, there are many other scales in use, such as the minor and the chromatic scale.

Music Analysis, Vol. 32, No. 2 (July 2013), pp. 155-209 (55 pages) The present study offers an extended neo-Riemannian examination of chromatic-third relations in selected Bruckner compositions of the ...