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Fig. 1 · A whole tone on the keyboard

piano scale

A whole tone

A1B2C♯3D♯♯4E♯♯5F𝄪♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · A whole tone, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

AWBWC♯WD♯WE♯WF𝄪WA

What is true of it

A whole tone is A, B, C♯, D♯, E♯ and F𝄪, and back to A.

Its steps are W – W – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 5 alterations, F𝄪 among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯augaugmentedD♯augaugmentedAaugaugmentedBaugaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on A

A diminished (whole–half)symmetricA diminished (half–whole)symmetricA majormajorA natural minorminorA harmonic minorminor

C w.t.C♯ w.t.D♭ w.t.D w.t.D♯ w.t.E♭ w.t.E w.t.F w.t.all 374