CHIME TUNINGS-WHOLE TONE

Claude Debussy, inspired by Balinese music at the 1896 Paris Exposition, began composing with this atonal scale, used for example in his piece "La Mer". Later, television's original Star Trek used it in the "beaming up" sequences. TV and film scores frequently feature it for underwater scenes, dream and "flashback" sequences.







Listen to samples of the Whole Tone scale in various chime sizes:

Whole Tone Soprano
Whole Tone MezzoSoprano
Whole Tone Alto
Whole Tone Tenor
Whole Tone Bass

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