The Whole-Tone Scale

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• Whole-Tone Scale Notes
• Whole-Tone Sequences
• Whole-Tone Excerpts

Whole-Tone Sequences

• Sequence 1 and 2: 3-4(024)
• Seqences 3 and 4: 4-21(0246)
• Sequence 5 and 6: 3rds and Aug. 4ths
• Sequence 7: Scale with pedal tone
• Sequence 8 and 9: 3-12(048)
• Sequence 10 and 11: 3-8(026)
• Sequence 12 and 13: 4-25:(0268)

Excerpts from the Literature. Sing with pc integers

• Berg Violin Concerto Excerpt (mvt 2) [Week 3]
• Charles Ives: The Cage
• Béla Bartók: Whole Tone Scale
• Olivier Messiaen: Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (No. VII of Quartet for the End of Time)
• Claud Debussy, Voiles (Preludes Book I, no. 2)

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