Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whole-tone scale

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
whole--tone s-cale
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a scale with intervals of only whole steps

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

whole-tone scales (plural)

Questions

What does whole-tone scale mean?
a scale with intervals of only whole steps

How to pronounce whole-tone scale

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