musical+scale

=Musical Scale=

toc Read here about musical scale as it is relevant to the study of scale, either as disambiguation of the word "scale" from the musical idea, the perception of music as logarithmic in nature.

For discussion of the related issue of sound as a logarithmic phenomenon, see sound.

=Overview=

In music, a scale is a sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order that provides material for or is used to conveniently represent part or all of a musical work including melody and/or harmony. Scales are ordered in pitch or pitch class, with their ordering providing a measure of musical distance. Scales are divided, based on the intervals between the notes they contain, into categories including diatonic, major, minor, and others, with a specific group of notes thus being described as a C-major scale, D-minor scale, etc.

Scale may also mean the string instrument sounding length of the strings, being the sounding length of the strings of an instrument.

=Logarithmic Nature of Music=

Musical vibration is experienced logarithmically. The cent, minor second, major second, and octave for the relative pitch of notes in music are logarithmic in nature.

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