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whole number
whole rest
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whole-tone scale
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whole-tone scale
whole-tone scale (plural whole-tone scales)


noun 
Definition:
 
scale with whole tones: a musical scale that begins on any of two notes that are a half tone apart and goes up or down in whole notes for one octave
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