Scale
(I) A succession of ascending or descending sounds. Major Scale, a series of sounds with a half-tone between 3-4 and 7-8, reckoning upward. Minor Scale, a series of sounds with a half-tone between 2-3 and 5-6 in the natural minor, in the Melodic Minor, 7-8, ascending. The Melodic Minor descends, like the Natural Minor; in the Harmonic Minor there are half-tones between 2-3, 5-6, and 7-8, and a tone and a half between 6 and 7. The Minor Scale sometimes descends with raised 6 and 7. Many examples may be found in Bach's music. Chromatic Scale, one formed wholly of half-tones. Pentatonic Scale [Gr., penta, five, tonos, sound], one that omits the 4 and 7. The Pentatonic Scale may be major or minor, thus:- Hungarian Gypsy Scale consists of the following curious succession :- # (2) The series of overtones of a simple tube, such as the horn without valves. (3) In organ-pipes, the proportion between the length and the diameter. (4) In the piano, Sax, Antoine J. With his father, inventor of saxhorns, saxophones, etc.; France. B. 1814; d. 1894.
Sax, Ch. J. (father of A. J.). With his son, inventor of saxhorns, saxophones, etc.; France. B. 1791; d. 1865.
Scalchi, Sofia (skal'-kee). Alto; Italy. B. 1850.
Scarlatti, A. Composer; Italy. B. 1659; d. 1725.
Scarlat'ti, Dominico (son of A.). Composer, pianist; Italy. B. 1683; d. 1757.
Scarlatti, G. (son of D.). Composer; Italy.
B. 1712; d. 1777.
SCEMANDO the proportion between the length, weight, and tension of the string, and the pitch of the sound it is meant to give. Piano builders include many other points in the term "scale;" those given are the most important.