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FEMUSINDO.com - The chromatic scale is a scale consisting of 12 notes that are 1/2 apart. This scale is a collection of all the notes in music because it will repeat its octave.
The chromatic scale is used in tonal music, with notes separated by semitone intervals.
Chromatic instruments, such as the piano, are made to produce chromatic scales, while other instruments are capable of producing continuously varying notes, such as the trombone and violin.
Chromatic instruments can also produce microtones, or notes between the notes available on the piano.
Most music uses a subset of the chromatic scale, such as the diatonic scale, or a scale consisting of seven notes in one octave in a regular arrangement.
Although the chromatic scale is fundamental to western music theory, it is rarely used directly as a whole in musical composition or improvisation.
Characteristics of the chromatic scale, namely the name chromatic comes from Greek which means color and the chromatic scale only has one version, regardless of the initial note, the notes remain the same.
The ascending chromatic scale is usually notated with sharps and the descending chromatic scale is notated with flats.
The chromatic scale is fundamental to western music theory. However, the chromatic scale is rarely used directly as a whole in musical composition or improvisation.
Most music uses a subset of the chromatic scale such as the diatonic scale.
The chromatic scale is commonly used in pop, blues, jazz, some rock songs, and spiritual songs. (*)
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