Cis Whole Tone Scale
The Cis Whole Tone scale contains 6 notes: Cis, Dis, F, G, A, H.
Cis 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.
Cis 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 Cis Whole Tone
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cis | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | Dis | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | F | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | G | TT | 6 |
| 5 | A | m6 | 8 |
| 6 | H | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on Cis
Every scale type that starts on Cis, for comparison.
- C♯ major
- Cis Dorian
- Cis Phrygian
- Cis Lydian
- Cis Mixolydian
- Cis Locrian
- Cis Harmonic Minor
- Cis Melodic Minor
- Cis Harmonic Major
- Cis Hungarian Minor
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Lydian Dominant
- Cis Major Pentatonic
- Cis Minor Pentatonic
- Cis Blues
- Cis Chromatic
- Cis Half-Whole Diminished
- Cis Whole-Half Diminished
- Cis Bebop Dominant
- Cis Bebop Major
Whole Tone in every key
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What notes are in the Cis Whole Tone scale?
The Cis Whole Tone scale has 6 notes: Cis, Dis, F, G, A, H.
What is the formula for the Cis Whole Tone scale?
The Cis 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.
