whole tone

1. The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.

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1. That discovery changed the whole tone of the investigation.

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2. Debussy often makes use of the whole tone scale in his music.

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3. The music of Debussy often makes use of the whole tone scale.

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