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Meanings of chromatic scale in English

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Usage of chromatic scale in English
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For the spectrum a chromatic scale of uniform tints is very quickly substituted.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
2
She laughed, and told him to climb the chromatic scale.
The Trespasser
3
He executed the most pearly chromatic scale, and replied: 'Alas!
Samuel Brohl and Company
4
The whistles are tuned to a chromatic scale and generally have a range of two octaves.
Wired
5
This chromatic scale was too much for Jimmie.
New Faces
6
It slides up a chromatic scale,' said Siegmund.
The Trespasser
7
The permutations and combinations of this truly chromatic scale were marvelous and magical in their infinite variety.
A Columbus of Space
8
The music of Japan, though built on the chromatic scale, was much the same as that of China.
Woman's Work in Music
9
He was therefore forced to go down the chromatic scale of creation and find another class of clients.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870
10
One method, the Von Luschan chromatic scale, invented 36 different categories by comparing skin color to opaque colored tiles.
Wired
11
The human eye is an imperfect instrument; its range is but a few octaves of the real ' chromatic scale.'
The Best Ghost Stories
12
Mr. W. Wyatt has recently taken out a patent for a double-slide trumpet, which possesses a complete chromatic scale.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
13
Accept a seven-octaved chromatic scale of thanks for your kindness in sending your magnificent piano for the Grand-Ducal Hofgartnerei in Weimar.
Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 / from Rome to the End
14
He swallowed hard, drew a breath and made another attempt, producing this time a roll call on a rising chromatic scale.
Atonement
15
Lengthwise across the bottom are stretched a series of brass spiral springs, G G G, which are tuned to a chromatic scale.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
16
Owing to man's degeneration or fall, on your Earth, he has lost all receptibility to the more refined vibratory tones of the chromatic scale.
The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic Revelation
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