| 单词 | chromatic scale |
| 例句 | He swallowed hard, drew a breath and made another attempt, producing this time a roll call on a rising chromatic scale. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There is basically only one chromatic scale; you can start it on any note, but the pitches will end up being the same as the pitches in any other chromatic scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Figure 4.8: All intervals in a chromatic scale are half steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Figure 6.2: You can continue this series of perfect fifths to get the rest of the notes of a chromatic scale; the series would continue F sharp, C sharp, and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Figure 4.47: The chromatic scale includes all the pitches normally found in Western music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A second technician gauges Werner’s eye color against a chromatic scale on which sixty or so shades of blue are displayed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Young instrumentalists are encouraged to practice playing the chromatic scale in order to ensure that they know the fingerings for all the notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Loudly, I defy all notes in a chromatic scale. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z For major and minor scales, there are seven notes; for pentatonic, five; for a chromatic scale, twelve. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A whole tone scale, a scale made only of whole steps, sounds very different from a chromatic scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If you have trouble keeping track of the notes, use a piano keyboard, a written chromatic scale, or the chromatic fingerings for your instrument to count half steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But Harrison was fascinated by 12-tone music, with its systematic ordering of all 12 notes of the chromatic scale into tone rows. America’s Quintessential Maverick Composer, at 100 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z “This error was not harmless as it undercut testimony by Skidmore’s expert that Led Zeppelin copied a chromatic scale that had been used in an original manner,” Judge Paez said. Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Case Goes Back to Trial 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z In the first movement, the undulating chromatic scale that winds its way from the development section into the recap was like a serpent from hell, and the coda invoked Verdi at his darkest. Pianist András Schiff is note-perfect at Strathmore concert 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Twelve-tone music, which differs from traditional tonality by using all 12 tones of the chromatic scale, is a “scary concept,” he said, but “not that forbidding.” Music Review: New York Philharmonic and Emanuel Ax Play Schoenberg 2012-10-05T23:16:56Z In his hands, a simple chromatic scale became funny, even delightful. Review: ICE Features Levy Lorenzo on Teacups and Rebekah Heller on Bassoon 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z All 12 notes of the chromatic scale are heard, defying the traditional musical structure that would insist on a home key and a limited subset of harmonically related notes. Stravinsky and the modernism that still stirs 2013-01-03T07:30:01Z “Her technical skill alone is immense; in the completeness of her chromatic scale she is, probably, without a rival,” said an article published in Fraser’s Magazine, a London journal, in 1848. A Queen of 19th-Century Opera Gets New Attention 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Judge Klausner also wrongly told jurors that copyright does not protect chromatic scales, arpeggios or short sequences of three notes, the Ninth Circuit panel found. Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Case Goes Back to Trial 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The 12 notes of the chromatic scale will be in the positions normally filled by the hour numerals. Diverse Voices to Start Telling Time in Birmingham, England 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z In the devilishly fast Scherzo, for example, she dazzled with transparent, perfectly articulated finger work, flying upward through chromatic scales as light as a feather. Review | Czech piano trio makes Washington debut 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Above all he disdained serialism, a compositional technique most closely associated with Arnold Schoenberg, which requires the composer to use all 12 tones of the chromatic scale in rigidly equal measure. Benjamin Lees, Versatile Composer, Dies at 86 2010-06-04T05:51:00Z Instead of using the 12-note chromatic scale, he worked with a 43-note system, derived from overtones, and he created a small orchestra’s worth of odd instruments to help him produce the sounds he envisioned. Reviving a Harry Partch Work With Hubcaps and Wine Bottles 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z With a soft approach, his opening, of upward chromatic scales passed around the orchestra, was a garden of strangely beautiful flowers in bloom. Review: An Audition Season Begins at the Philharmonic 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Instead, they establish a chromatic scale of timbres that range from dry and tart over clean and zesty all the way to lustrous and singing. Music Review: The Emerson Quartet Plays the Mostly Mozart Festival 2013-08-21T21:27:12Z Some of the featured composers, like Mr. Carter, were partial to the 12-tone method — a system for atonal music invented by Schoenberg in the 1920s involving all 12 pitches of the chromatic scale. Tanglewood’s Contemporary Music Fest Milks Many Sources 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z The technique, also known as serialism, entails using all 12 notes of the Western chromatic scale in rigidly equal proportion throughout a composition. Robert Craft, Stravinsky Adviser and Steward, Dies at 92 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z As a young Californian composer, he questioned all assumptions about the great classical music heritage, concert rituals and contemporary compositional styles, including the very pitches of the standard chromatic scale. Review: ‘Delusion of the Fury,’ With New Partch Instruments 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z A London journal in 1848 wrote: “Her technical skill alone is immense; in the completeness of her chromatic scale she is, probably, without a rival.” Why Aren’t the Vaccines Approved? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The two songs share similar chord progressions and a bass line that descends along a chromatic scale. ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case Won’t Go to Supreme Court 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z It doesn’t take long for Mozart to use every note in the chromatic scale, and when he gets to the last one, a D-flat, he lets you know with great, unresolved emphasis. Commentary: The extraordinary consequence of Mozart's love letter between violin and viola 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z At the 2016 trial, Led Zeppelin’s lawyers argued that what little the two songs had in common — similar chord progressions and a descending chromatic scale — had popped up in music for over 300 years. Original or Copied? ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Is Back in Court 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z One piece which particularly caught the audience’s fancy was a sequence of notes which appeared to be a chromatic scale, but which never appeared to increase in pitch. From the archive 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z A good deal of the piece consists of slowly ascending or descending chromatic scales, bolstered by thick, satisfying, bottom-heavy textures. Review: Christopher Rountree's wild Up debuts ornery new works in unconventional style - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Young’s computer program, which is preserved today on original eight-bit paper tape, created a responsive relationship between each note of the chromatic scale and each of the structure’s 1,494 light bulbs. Triforium Fridays offer trippy performances beneath L.A.'s strangest sculpture - Los Angeles Times Klausner also wrongly told jurors that copyright does not protect chromatic scales, arpeggios or short sequences of three notes, the 9th Circuit panel found. Led Zeppelin faces retrial in 'Stairway to Heaven' copyright lawsuit 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z “This error was not harmless as it undercut testimony by Skidmore’s expert that Led Zeppelin copied a chromatic scale that had been used in an original manner,” Paez said. Stairway to court: US judges order new Led Zeppelin plagiarism trial 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The court said the judge also erred by telling the jury that common musical elements, such as descending chromatic scales, arpeggios or short sequences of three notes, were not protected by copyright. Federal appeals court orders new trial over claim that Led Zeppelin stole 'Stairway to Heaven' - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Essentially, it’s a system that uses repeated patterns to ensure that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are given equal importance, thus avoiding the constraints of keys and traditional harmonies. What's the hot emerging musical genre of 2017? Welcome to serialism 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Every pop song, symphony, jingle, ditty, and aria in the Western World starts with just twelve notes in the chromatic scale. Creativity: How Constraints Drive Genius 2013-07-12T17:32:00Z A baby grand piano, which has 88 keys, is tuned so that each octave is divided into twelve equal intervals, called half-steps, that form the 12-note chromatic scale underlying most of Western music. Birdsong Not Music, After All 2012-08-15T22:50:40Z Klausner also wrongly told jurors that copyright did not protect chromatic scales, arpeggios or short sequences of three notes, the ninth Circuit panel found. Stairway to court: US judges order new Led Zeppelin plagiarism trial 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Liszt, doubtless, was the first who introduced interlocking octaves instead of the chromatic scale at the close; Tausig followed his example. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z At the beginning of a long chromatic scale select such fingers as will most naturally bring you to one of the stations just mentioned. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z By this means, says Domnich, a diatonic and chromatic scale was obtained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z He analyzed recordings of 81 different birds, measuring the difference in frequency between each note and the next and looking for the same intervals used in diatonic, pentatonic, and chromatic scales. Birdsong Not Music, After All 2012-08-15T22:50:40Z What prima donna can run through the chromatic scale, or dally with difficult cadenzas, full of unique intervals, with more ease and precision than our charming Italian? The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Along the way, Professor Cotel said he realized that Ketzel’s “exquisite atonal miniature” used only 10 pitches of the chromatic scale. City Room: A Musically Inclined Feline Mews Her Last 2011-07-18T21:39:57Z Fingering the Chromatic Scale Which fingering of the chromatic scale the is most conducive to speed and accuracy? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Or ran the chromatic scale up; For spring bade the sparrows pair, And the boys and girls gave guesses, And stalls in our street looked rare With bulrush and water-cresses. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z The successive opening of the holes and keys on the flute produces the chromatic scale of the first or fundamental octave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z A well-poised soprano voice silenced the jungle choir by a brilliantly executed chromatic scale, as though the singer were trying her voice. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z "Don't speak of your mother as if she were a chromatic scale." Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z At times it seems to be endeavoring to run up a chromatic scale, so, in some districts, it is called the Scale Bird. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Drawling hymns, psalms and canticles sung in the twelve different semi-tones of the chromatic scale; sermons full of theological subtleties, objections raised and explained away. Friend Mac Donald The technical capabilities of the flute are practically unlimited to a good player who can obtain sustained notes diminuendo and crescendo, diatonic and chromatic scales and arpeggios both legato and staccato, leaps, turns, shakes, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z In order to obtain a complete chromatic scale throughout the compass, there must be, as on the slide-trombone, seven different positions or lengths of tubing available, each having its harmonic series. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" This practice consists of the simplest imaginable exercises—sustained scales, chromatic scales and trills. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists There were at first only two pistons—for a whole tone and for a half tone—from which there naturally resulted gaps in the chromatic scale of the instrument. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Then followed the chromatic scale, up and down. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. In order to obtain a complete chromatic scale on the clarinet at least eighteen holes are required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" A “chromatic scale” is thus a series of semi-tones, and is commonly written with sharps in ascending and flats descending. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Dvoř�k founds his harmony and modulations on the exceedingly chromatic scale of the Bohemians; and his piquant and dashing rhythms could come only from a nation which has no less than forty national dances. Music: An Art and a Language The intermediate notes completing the chromatic scale are obtained by means of three pistons which, on being depressed, open valves leading into supplementary wind-ways, which lengthen the original tube. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The Greeks and Romans are supposed to have understood chromatic scales of tints—animal, vegetable, and mineral—and except with the intention of producing startling effects, they did not mix them. Needlework As Art A march, a waltz, a flute imitating the nightingale, the chromatic scale imitating the murmuring of the wind in the "Pastoral Symphony," may be taken as examples. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The performer thus has seven possible fundamental notes, and several harmonics of each of these at his command; so that by a proper manipulation of the keys he can run up the chromatic scale. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use His song was tender and bewitching in its effect, though it was really simple in construction, being merely nine notes, the first uttered twice, and the remaining eight in descending chromatic scale. A Bird-Lover in the West Tommy pirouetted about the room like an intoxicated bird, waving the letter, and trilling and running joyful chromatic scales, for the most part badly done. Ladies-In-Waiting The trees whispered a chorus, myriads strong, in a chromatic scale that sang but faintly of the open country. Stingaree The fun of it was that Chester could not 153 sing the chromatic scale correctly if his life were at stake. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters A carillon, he explained, is a company of fixed bells tuned according to the chromatic scale and ranging through several octaves. Barbarians Or ran the chromatic scale up: For spring bade the sparrows pair, And the boys and girls gave guesses, And stalls in our streets looked rare With bulrush and watercresses. The Book of Humorous Verse His accompaniments are always richly colored and generally individualized with a strong contramelody, a descending chromatic scale in octaves making an especially frequent appearance. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The human eye is an imperfect instrument; its range is but a few octaves of the real 'chromatic scale' I am not mad; there are colors that we can not see. The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" At each repetition of the theme, the chord in the fourth measure is augmented by the addition of another interval, until in the end it includes every tone of the chromatic scale save C sharp. A Book of Burlesques It was not my fault If you never turned your eyes' tail up As I shook upon E in alt, Or ran the chromatic scale up. Browning's Heroines These extremes of the chromatic scale are each in its way most easily denied, as green, the mean of the scale, is the greatest defiler of all colours. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists She wore them for several days near her heart; she preserved them through her whole life as one of the endeared means by which she had gone happily through the chromatic scale of existence. The Home By combining these, he was able to form a complete chromatic scale. Woman's Work in Music Later it was enlarged to seven notes in the octave, and it is claimed by some that long before the Christian era they had a complete chromatic scale of twelve tones in the octave. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present In the above chromatic scales these intermediate tones have been represented by black note-heads so as to differentiate them from the notes representing diatonic scale tones. Music Notation and Terminology "What was talked of as the golden chain of love, was nothing but a succession of laughs, a chromatic scale of merriment reaching from earth to Olympus." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Both of these musicians were guilty of affectation; for, although the piano's chords are slightly dissonant, the intervals of the chromatic scale are made the same by the violin-player as by the pianist. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 The music of Japan, though built on the chromatic scale, was much the same as that of China. Woman's Work in Music The Meissonier lad's collection of rabbits' ears increased until he had nearly colors enough to run the chromatic scale. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters According to this plan the chromatic scale beginning with C would be spelled—C, D♭, D, E♭, E, F, F♯, G, A♭, A, B♭, B, C—the form being the same both ascending and descending. Music Notation and Terminology The human eye is an imperfect instrument; its range is but a few octaves of the real 'chromatic scale.' The Best Ghost Stories After going over them in the above way, try them by playing the chromatic scale and you will invariably find some that need additional attention. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Arpeggios and chromatic scales, passages ascending and descending, she executed in the same manner that the ablest performers on these instruments execute them. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag It resembles closely an Erda theme of the Ring—as is quite natural, for one chromatic scale cannot but resemble another. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas The chromatic scale in nine different positions, written from this standpoint, follows, and the syllables most commonly applied in sight-singing have also been added. Music Notation and Terminology Florence sat at the piano, and, in response to Quincy's request that she would give him some music, played over some chromatic scales and arpeggios. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life After you have gone all over your temperament, test every member of the chromatic scale as a fundamental of a chord, as a third, and as a fifth. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Other ears are unable to detect a difference in two sounds when they differ by as much as one full step of the chromatic scale. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Of course, the vibrating string ultimately gives—mostly out of tune—all the notes of the chromatic scale, but composers employ them on principles the reverse of mathematical. Recent Developments in European Thought The chromatic scale utilizes all the tones of a key within the octave. Music Notation and Terminology Mr. W. Wyatt has recently taken out a patent for a double-slide trumpet, which possesses a complete chromatic scale. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Of the wrens, both the rock wren and the canyon wren are occasionally seen, the peculiar song of the latter bringing a thrill of cheer to those who are familiar with its falling chromatic scale. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Both of these instruments were built upon a supposed correspondence between a given scale of colors, and the musical chromatic scale; they were played from a musical score upon an organ keyboard. Architecture and Democracy To Leon Kantor, by who knows what symphonic scheme of things, life was a chromatic scale, yielding up to him through throbbing, living nerves of sheep-gut, the sheerest semitones of man's emotions. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Lengthwise across the bottom are stretched a series of brass spiral springs, G G G, which are tuned to a chromatic scale. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Owing to man's degeneration or fall, on your Earth, he has lost all receptibility to the more refined vibratory tones of the chromatic scale. The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation To Leon Kantor, by who knows what symphonic scheme of things, life was a chromatic scale, yielding up to him, through throbbing, living nerves of sheep-gut, the sheerest semitones of man's emotions. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It She laughed, and told him to climb the chromatic scale. The Trespasser The permutations and combinations of this truly chromatic scale were marvelous and magical in their infinite variety. A Columbus of Space After some angry chords he began playing chromatic scales. The Saint The water dropping from the oars gave out little arpeggios, then chromatic scales. Jean-Christophe, Volume I A chromatic scale bounced off a row of rapidly pointing toes. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It The suggestion to explain Wagner's harmonies by assuming a "chromatic scale" rests upon a misapprehension of the nature of a scale. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama He recalled that once he had seen a child's modeling-clay, much-used and very dirty, of the same shade, which certainly had no designation in the chromatic scale. Darkness and Dawn From chromatic scales he passed to broken chords. The Saint These microtonal intervals permit fine shades of musical expression unattainable by the Western chromatic scale of 12 semitones. Autobiography of a Yogi The master then noted upon a single page of ruled paper, the diatonic and chromatic scales, ascending and descending; the intervals of third, fourth, fifth, &c. The American Union Speaker Many more examples might be brought from the works of the great composers to show how the horns and trumpets have lost in expressive power by having adopted the chromatic scale of other instruments. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama I was told that the very best book was by Chevreul, which had tinted illustrations, chromatic scales, and all that could be desired. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Our language has not terms enough to signify the different delicate shades; our factories have not the stuff whose hues might make a chromatic scale for them. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals He was therefore forced to go down the chromatic scale of creation and find another class of clients. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870 He was modest, half-shy, and the nuns who peered at him from behind the arras as he walked down the hallway of the Convent caused his countenance to run the chromatic scale. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists I forgot to say that my own triangle at home, the Strad, is in the chromatic scale of A, and has a splice. The Holiday Round The right hand must play its thirds, especially the diatonic and chromatic scales, with such equality that no angularity of motion shall be noticeable where the fingers pass under or over each other. Chopin : the Man and His Music Then came chromatic scales of colour; combinations meant to vulgarise the rainbow; sinfonies and fugues; the twittering of birds and the great peace of dewy nature; maidenhood in her awakening innocence; "The Dawn in June." Democracy, an American novel Or ran the chromatic scale up: For spring bade the sparrows pair, And the boys and girls gave guesses, And stalls in our street looked rare With bulrush and water-cresses. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 But suddenly a storm came on, chromatic scales and diminished sevenths were heard in the orchestra, everyone ran off, again dragging one of their number away, and the curtain dropped. War and Peace For the spectrum a chromatic scale of uniform tints is very quickly substituted. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson All this fine chromatic scale passes within such modest boundaries that it is accused as a monotony. The Rhythm of Life |
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