The Whole Tone Scale!
Whole Tone Scale - The name of the scale should give you some indication as to how the notes would be arranged within the scale. In this case, you have guessed it right! It consists of only whole tones and no semitones. It means the distance between two consecutive notes in this scale is one whole tone (or 2 semi tones).
Example
So let us take an example for the Whole Tone scale. The example will clearly show you how the notes are arranged in this scale.
Notes on the Whole Tone scale!
C D E F# G# A# C
The fingering for this scale based on 2 octaves will be as follows.
RH 1,2,1,2,3,4,1,2,1,2,3,4,5
LH 3,2,1,4,3,2,1,2,1,4,3,2,1
Uses
Every scale has its own unique sound, depending on which you play the notes to give it a particular feel. If you play and hear the notes on the Whole tone scale, you will realize that you have probably heard this sound being played behind many movie scenes. This is a common background sound whenever somebody goes from reality into his dreams.
This was a brief overview on this scale. Just keep on exploring and improvising on your own. See how you can play this scale to suit different situations. Music is all about improvising and you should not limit yourself in any way.
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