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Music Theory - The Whole Tone Scale

20 views - 19 Jan 2011

  • Rick Beato

    Rick Beato

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    In this short scale tutorial we will be discussing the Whole Tone Scale. The Whole Tone scale is a six-note or Hexatonic scale. It has no half steps and thus no ...

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