C Whole Tone Scale

Key Scale

About the C Whole Tone scale

C Whole Tone is a scale of nothing but whole steps, floating with no clear home. It's used for dream sequences, impressionist music and solos over dominant chords.

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Notes and intervals

1	C	Root
2	D	Major 2nd
3	E	Major 3rd
4	F sharp	Augmented 4th
5	A flat	Minor 6th
6	B flat	Minor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

Circle of Fifths

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About the CC Whole Tone scale

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