Ais Whole Tone Scale
The Ais Whole Tone scale contains 6 notes: Ais, C, D, E, Fis, Gis.
Ais Whole Tone scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Whole Tone
- Number of notes
- 6
- Formel
- W–W–W–W–W–W
What is the Whole Tone scale?
The whole tone scale is built entirely from whole steps, so it has six notes and no half steps at all. With no leading tone and no perfect fifth there is nothing to pull the ear home, which produces its weightless, dreamlike sound.
Ais Whole Tone is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of Ais Whole Tone
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ais | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | C | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | D | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | E | TT | 6 |
| 5 | Fis | m6 | 8 |
| 6 | Gis | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on Ais
Every scale type that starts on Ais, for comparison.
- A♯ minor
- Ais Dorian
- Ais Phrygian
- Ais Lydian
- Ais Mixolydian
- Ais Locrian
- Ais Harmonic Minor
- Ais Melodic Minor
- Ais Harmonic Major
- Ais Hungarian Minor
- Ais Phrygian Dominant
- Ais Lydian Dominant
- Ais Major Pentatonic
- Ais Minor Pentatonic
- Ais Blues
- Ais Chromatic
- Ais Half-Whole Diminished
- Ais Whole-Half Diminished
- Ais Bebop Dominant
- Ais Bebop Major
Whole Tone in every key
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What notes are in the Ais Whole Tone scale?
The Ais Whole Tone scale has 6 notes: Ais, C, D, E, Fis, Gis.
What is the formula for the Ais Whole Tone scale?
The Ais Whole Tone scale follows the step pattern W–W–W–W–W–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
