whole tones
Two-semitone musical intervals
Whole tones are musical intervals spanning two semitones—the distance from C to D, or from F to G.
A whole-tone scale uses only these intervals, creating six evenly spaced notes per octave and a dreamlike, unmoored quality favored by impressionist composers like Debussy.
The melody drifted through whole tones.
Gaps between events
- pentatonicScale of five tones
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
- DebussyFrench impressionist composer
- dreamlikeHazy and fantastical
Ravel · ambiguity · modulation · transposition · symmetry · augmented · tritone · floating
Foot movement forward
- distanceSpace between two points
- melodicMusically pleasing to hear
- harmonicOf musical overtones
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
spacing · adjacent · diatonic · chromatic · measurement · equal temperament · tuning
Having multiple interpretations
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- weightlessHaving no heft
otherworldly · mysterious · shimmering · diffuse · unstable · centerless · rootless · impressionistic
intervals
Gaps between events
- pentatonicScale of five tones
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
- DebussyFrench impressionist composer
Ravel · dreamlike · ambiguity · modulation · transposition · symmetry · augmented · tritone · floating · ethereal
step
Foot movement forward
consecutive · spacing · adjacent · diatonic · chromatic · measurement · equal temperament · tuning
ambiguous
Having multiple interpretations
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
weightless · otherworldly · mysterious · shimmering · diffuse · unstable · centerless · rootless · impressionistic · film score
whole, wholly, wholesome, wholesomeness, unwholesome, wholeness, tone, tones, tonal