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The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Meaning of "whole tone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHOLE TONE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHOLE TONE

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Whole tone is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WHOLE TONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whole tone

Major second

In Western music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone) is a second spanning two semitones ( Play (help·info)). A second is a musical interval encompassing two adjacent staff positions (see Interval number for more details). For example, the interval from C to D is a major second, as the note D lies two semitones above C, and the two notes are notated on adjacent staff positions. Diminished, minor and augmented seconds are notated on adjacent staff positions as well, but consist of a different number of semitones (zero, one, and three). The major second is the interval that occurs between the first and second degrees of a major scale, the tonic and the supertonic. On a musical keyboard, a major second is the interval between two keys separated by one key, counting white and black keys alike. On a guitar string, it is the interval separated by two frets. In moveable-do solfège, it is the interval between do and re. It is considered a melodic step, as opposed to larger intervals called skips.

Definition of whole tone in the English dictionary

The definition of whole tone in the dictionary is an interval of two semitones; a frequency difference of 200 cents in the system of equal temperament Often shortened to: tone.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHOLE TONE

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whole blood
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whole-life insurance
whole-tone scale
whole-wheat
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wholegrain
wholegrains
wholehearted
wholeheartedly
wholeheartedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHOLE TONE

aeolian tone
combination tone
compound tone
dial tone
dialling tone
differential tone
engaged tone
Gregorian tone
hum tone
partial tone
passing tone
pure tone
quarter tone
resultant tone
ringing tone
side tone
stone
strike tone
summational tone
tone

Synonyms and antonyms of whole tone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «whole tone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHOLE TONE

Find out the translation of whole tone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whole tone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whole tone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tono entero
570 millions of speakers

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whole tone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूरी टोन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نغمة كلها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

весь тон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tom inteiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরো টোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ton entier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nada keseluruhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ganzton
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전체 톤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabeh nada
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toàn bộ giai điệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முழு தொனியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संपूर्ण टोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bütün ton
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tutto il tono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cały ton
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

весь тон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ton întreg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ολόκληρο τόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hele toon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hela tonen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hele tone
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whole tone

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2 QUOTES WITH «WHOLE TONE»

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Sharon Gless
The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHOLE TONE»

Discover the use of whole tone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whole tone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Symmetric Solutions
This book is full of great sounds that you can use on standard jazz progressions, vamps, funk tunes, Brazilian tunes - whole-tone can be used just about anywhere.
Bruce Saunders, 2011
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Serious Electric Bass: The Bass Player's Complete Guide to ...
Because six whole-tone scale are found in one whole-tone scale, it follows that any two whole-tone scales, one half step apart, produce whole-tone scales and dom7(tt5) chords covering all 12 semitones — 15 when adding enharmonic ...
Bartolo, Joel Di
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The Violinist
Explanation : / and 2 at a — y2 tone distance at b — l/z tone distance at c — whole tone distance atd — whole tone distance at e — y2 tone distance at f — whole tone distance at g — whole tone distance at h — 1 1/2 tone distance at h- In ...
‎1913
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The Structure & Analysis of the Modern Improvised Line: Theory
Therefore the scale should be treated in the same way as the mode discussed earlier in the chapter. E. Application Of The Whole Tone Scale The Whole Tone scale is a 6-note scale composed entirely of ascending or descending whole steps.
David Zinn, 1981
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The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908
On the second beat, above the B\>, the upper parts form a four-part whole-tone chord (Bt-D-Fit-Gtt), which then breaks off into a run containing all notes of the whole-tone scale. The scale here is literally generated from the kind of whole- tone ...
Walter Frisch, 1997
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Demorest's Family Magazine
It will appear that whereas, when we began with C, the half tones occurred between E and F, and B and C, because they were Whole lone. Whole tone. Halt 'one. Whole tone. Whole tone. Whole tone. Half tone. nwsorsmuo flaw-moors“ Q Key ...
‎1891
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The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
But Chu Berry doesn't use it that way. He treats it as an opportunity to slip into a well-worn chromatic device: the whole-tone scale. A whole- tone scale is, simply, a scale made up entirely of whole steps. (There are, in fact, only two such scales:  ...
Scott Knowles DeVeaux, 1997
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Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice
through whole tone, whole tone, and semitone, as is evident in example 9. These are the species of the diatessaron according to Boethius in chapter 13,23 although they are used differently in practice. Chapter 10 On the Four Species of the ...
Nicola Vicentino, Claude V. Palisca, 1996
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Getting Into Jazz Fusion Guitar
The Whole-Tone scale is a symmetric scale built upon the following pattern: whole step, whole step, whole step, whole step, whole step, whole step. The construction of the whole-tone scale can be seen as the combination of two augmented ...
Scott Miller, 2002
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The Psalmodist: A Choice Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, ...
Qua Whole tone A to 13 Whole tone B to C I C to D | D to E lonej Whole lonej Wh. E to F I F to O 1 Half tone | Whole tone) ELEMENTS OF whole tone; from 2 to 3, ( Re to Mi,) a whole tone; from 3 to 4, (Jfcfi to fa,) must be a halftone; from 4 to 5, ...
William Batchelder Bradbury, 1844

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHOLE TONE»

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Lineage: Digital axe or tactile MIDI controller?
Now called the Lineage, the device boasts full-scale strat-like look and feel, ... you could bend one string a semi-tone whilst its neighbor went up a whole tone. «Gizmag, Jul 15»
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Oggi Whole Tone Trio Poi la grande serata con Setwall e Samsara
Questa sera il calendario degli appuntamenti prevede, come sempre con inizio alle 21.30 (aperitivo dalle 18 con Patrick dj set), il turno dei Whole Tone Trio, jazz ... «La Nuova Ferrara, Jul 15»
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DOMINIC LAWSON: Bombing in Iraq is a futile gesture which …
It will raise the whole tone of the war.' In real life, our top brass are not so fatuous. And over the past few days a number of recently retired generals have ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
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Andre Heidari, JR Tavai change the tone for Trojans
The whole tone of the Trojans' football season changed with that gritty 13-10 victory over Stanford in Palo Alto. Before, Steve Sarkisian's kids were the feisty ... «ESPN, Sep 14»
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One Change To The Last Of Us' Ending Changed Entire Tone, Says …
“All of a sudden the whole tone in the sequence changed. I was viewing the actions that Joel had just committed in the hospital through Ellie's eyes as opposed ... «Attack of the Fanboy, Jul 14»
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How one simple change transformed the tone of The Last of Us's …
"All of a sudden the whole tone in the sequence changed," he explained. "I was viewing the actions that Joel had just committed in the hospital through Ellie's ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 14»
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Bent Out of Shape: Guitar Workout 2014 — Symmetrical Scales
The second scale is the whole tone scale, which uses all whole tone (two-fret) intervals to create a six-note scale. The third scale is technically a diminished 7th ... «Guitar World Magazine, Jun 14»
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The Unmitigated Weirdness Of The Whole Tone Scale
It's simply a scale built out of a whole bunch of whole tones. Every note of the scale has a two-fret leap either way to find the next note of the scale. And whatever ... «Gibson, Jan 13»
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Gilmore Girls, “Forgiveness And Stuff”
Then Lorelai gets the call that her dad's in the hospital and the whole tone of the episode shifts, turning into a series of two-person scenes as all of the characters ... «A.V. Club New York, Dec 11»

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