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