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Musical scale   /mjˈuzɪkəl skeɪl/   Listen
Musical scale

noun
1.
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave).  Synonym: scale.






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"Musical scale" Quotes from Famous Books



... some general idea of their time and modulation. Their musical intervals can be distinguished but with difficulty, on account of the rapidity of their utterance. I have often attempted to transcribe some of their notes upon the musical scale, but I am persuaded that such sketches can be only approximations to literal correctness. As different individuals of the same species sing very differently, the notes, as transcribed from the song of one individual, will never exactly represent the song of another. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858 • Various



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