Any of the above notes can form the tonic of the whole tone scale using the same. The wholetone scale is an elusive and, for most musicians, problematic series of notes. To throw out the tone scale, and the metre technology, because it came from scientology, would be to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Wwwwww or whole tone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone. Reference scales piano accompaniment mp3 downloads for. Each scale tone, when acting as a root note, also provides the foundation for a different collection of chords that suits music using the scale.
The whole tone scale for guitar jazz guitar online. It is a scale which shows the emotional tones of a person. Will accept deepseated ideas, beliefs and consider them. Wholetone patterning, with no leading tones or dominant harmony, became a distinctive aspect of the music of the french composers claude debussy, paul. The emotional tone scale course official church of. Microtonal music or microtonality is the use in music of microtonesintervals smaller than a. We didnt build them as efficiently as we do today, but they were good machines and laid the foundation for decades of milling machine development and improvement to come. Wholetone scale definition and meaning collins english.
Exploring the whole tone scale music theory composition. One can also form a symmetric scale by selecting notes spaced at whole tone 2 semitones intervals. By various calculations about the energy of life, by observation and by test, this tone scale is able to give levels of behavior as life declines. Show me chords that sound good with an e whole tone scale. We talked about how the diminished scale is a part of this group. In other words, a person is feeling no emotion about a subject at all. If you would like to find out more about the free zone, please request a free copy of issue 1 of international viewpoints, box 78, dk2800, lyngby, denmark. Technically, it should work over a viv change also, since the v7 and iv7 chord would fit the same whole tone scale and then it would resolve in bar 11. Free printable guitar scales, ready to download and use. The range goes beyond what one can directly observe of facial expressions and other manifestations as listed above or on the chart of attitudes. The fretboard is shown with the lowest pitch string at the bottom and the highest pitch string at the top unless youve tuned your instrument differently. These, ranged from the highest to the lowest, are, in part, serenity, enthusiasm as we proceed downward, conservatism, boredom, antagonism, anger, covert hostility, fear, grief, apathy. The emotional tone scale read the tone scale in full. Hexatonic or whole tone scales, french horn scale esatonali o.
Apr 17, 2017 home symmetric scales whole tone scale aflat whole tone scale. Rather a person manifests a collection of behaviors each having a position on the scale. But because any note of the scale can be considered the root, it does create a sound that seems to wander aimlessly. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. How often have you heard someone say, i dont understand him. Aflat wholetone scale play piano scales in all keys. Watch video and learn about the emotional tone scale, codified by l. Because of the many notes that are included, there are numerous possibilities to play chords over these scales. Listen to and download free piano reference scales mp3s major, minor, chromatic, whole tone, and pentatonic. The pattern for this scale is easy to remember because it consists entirely of whole tones whole steps.
From studying and the application of this technology, i have received huge advantages and in the course of executing the practical exercises took pleasure in communicating with many people. Medieval church modes, each having its characteristic pattern of whole and half steps. Back in the late eighties we started building our first vmc, the vf 1. The composer olivier messiaen called the whole tone scale his first mode of limited transposition.
It is a tool that can be used in everyday life to ease the. The composer and music theorist george perle calls the whole tone scale interval cycle 2, or c2. This scale consists of six notes only and is called the whole tone scale. In other words, you can start on any note and keep moving a whole tone or whole step higher till you reach the note you started. The nine tone scale is somewhat uncommon with its nine notes. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The words microtone and microtonal were coined before 1912 by maud maccarthy mann in. The tone scalea vital tool for any aspect of life involving ones fellowsis a scale which shows the successive emotional tones a person can experience. This scale is therefore a called a symmetric scale. Click here to download this free printable guitar scales chart pdf to your computer.
The whole tone scales repeating interval is the whole step. The pitch collection is related to the octatonic scale, the whole tone scale, and the french sixth, all of which are capable of a different number of transpositions. The whole tone scale is a coolsounding dominant 7th scale that you can use to add tension to your dominant 7th chords. The emotional tone scale is drawn from the greater body of scientology materials on the mind and spirit. In this lesson, you will learn how to build the whole tone scale and apply it to your jazz guitar playing. Fingerings on anasazi7 tuned native american flutes. Heptatonic scale, musical scale made up of seven different tones. The major and minor scales of western art music are the most commonly known heptatonic scales, but different forms of seven tone scales exist. Success stories since i got acquainted with the booklet the emotional tone scale, i began to get on better with people. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. The explanatory text is in italian, to translate for example you can. This expanded tone scale is well known in the field of independent scientologists, commonly called the free zone. Codified from many, many hours of exhaustive testing and observation, the tone scale plots emotions in an exact ascending or descending sequence. We are not scientology affiliated in any way, but this is a great tool.
The full tone scale, as can be seen at the bottom of this page, starts well below apathy. By tone is meant the momentary or continuing emotional state of a person. A particularly easy scale is the whole tone scale, so called because all the steps in the scale are whole steps. The fact is, there has never been a workable method to invariably predict human behavioruntil now. The 19tone scale is not very different from our usual 12tone scale. In classical music theory, the scale tones are given special names to help identify their role when analysing melodies and harmonies. Search for different viewpoints in order to broaden own reality. Constructing the scale is rather simplesix wholesteps and youre there. Download our free music theory and composition course catalog. Emotions such as fear, anger, grief, enthusiasm and others which people experience are shown on this. Dec 22, 2011 a brief introduction to the tone scale. Allows playback of music in 19tone equal temperament 19tet. Sometimes irrational, unforeseen acts seem to be the norm among our fellows. The foundations scalesteps and scales 2012 book archive.
Jul 12, 2016 whole tone scale construction last article, we learned what symmetric scales are. This page shows only scales with nine tones per octave and using 12tone equal temperament. Scientology tool, drawn from the body of scientology materials and commonly used in everyday life is the emotional tone scale. The wholetone scale represents the equal division of the octave into 6 parts. Emotional tone scale, a scientology concept this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title tone scale. These terms have come into general use, having their origins in early 18thcentury theoryfrench composer and. This is a scale of voice tones and energy tones or energy levels. It is based on an elevenlimit tonality diamond, similar to the sevenlimit diamond previously devised by max friedrich meyer and refined by harry partch. The basic tone scale above is the directly observable scale on your pc or any human being. The entire scale can be built from just two augmented triads a major second apart. The root note of each scale is shown in blue, such as. The major scale is used as the basic starting point for many scales and modes. Since there are only two possible whole tone scale positions that is, the whole tone scale can be transposed only once, it is either c2 0 or c2 1.
An example of this was the american attitude concerning the atomic bomb. The whole tone scale has no leading tone and, due to its symmetrical nature, gives little feeling of tonality or a tonal center. Offtonic 19tet sibelius the leading music composition and. The tone scale plots the descending spiral of life from full vitality and consciousness through half vitality and half consciousness down to death. Jun 22, 2019 how to use whole tone scales june 22, 2019 january 28, 2011 by admin whole tone scales have an tonally ambiguous sound that can sound quite out of place if used to improvise with in standard rock and pop songs though you shouldnt let that stop you trying. For more information on this subject, including the full tools for life dvd chapter on the tone scale, please visit our website at. Jul 12, 2012 tone port ux1 soldano simulation cubase 5. Show me chords that sound good with a d whole tone scale. Learn how the application of scientology and dianetics can help individuals identify human emotions in themselves and others to improve interpersonal relationships and communications skills. See movies, series and manga streaming french for free and unlimited.
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