CHROMATIC SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chromatic scale mean? 

• CHROMATIC SCALE (noun)
  The noun CHROMATIC SCALE has 1 sense:

1. a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave

  Familiarity information: CHROMATIC SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHROMATIC SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("chromatic scale" is a kind of...):

musical scale; scale ((music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave))