Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Wholetone

👉 The term "wholetone" is a term used in the field of music theory to refer to a musical scale that contains notes of equal length. The term was first introduced by British composer John Cage in his 1942 work "Music for One Voice." The scale consists of seven notes, each with a duration of one beat (a quarter note), and is often used in classical music and other forms of music to represent the idea that every note represents a beat.

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