Perfectly Even

Interval

3-12

4-28

6-35

(02468t)
Whole-Tone Scale

6 Notes

6-35

(02468t)
Whole-Tone Scale

6-30

(013679)
X13(♯9)♭5

(023689)
X♯11(♭9)

6-20

(014589)
Augmented (Hex.)

6-7

6 Notes

6-35

(02468t)
Whole-Tone Scale

6-20

(014589)
Augmented (Hex.)

Cluster-free, 6 Notes

6 Notes

6-35

(02468t)
Whole-Tone Scale

6-34

(013579)
Aug 9 ♯11
Alt 7 ♭9

(024689)
Dom 9 ♯11
Alt 7 ♯9

6-30

(013679)
X13(♯9)♭5

(023689)
X♯11(♭9)

6-31

(014579)
Harm-Major-6

(024589)
Harm-Minor-6

6-33

(023579)
Dom 13

(024679)
min 13

6-20

(014589)
Augmented (Hex.)

6-32

(024579)
Quartal-6

6-Z29

(023679)
Harm-M/m-6

6-Z50

(014679)
X13(♯9)
X13♯11(♭9)no♭7

6-Z26

(013578)
Maj 9 ♯11

6-Z28

(013569)
Harm-M/m-6

6-Z49

(013479)
X♯11(♯9)
X13♯11(♭9)no5

6-27

(013469)
XAlt13♯11no3/5

(023569)
X7(♭9♯9)
X13(♭9)

6-Z19

(013478)
Harm-Major-6

(014578)
Harm-Minor-6

6-Z25

(013568)
Diatonic-6

(023578)
Diatonic-6

6-Z24

(013468)
XAlt(no♭7)

(024578)
X7(♯5♭9♯9)
Xm11♭5

6-Z23

(023568)
Dom 13 ♯11
X7(♭5♭9♯9)

6-Z13

(013467)
Diminished-6

6-35, (02468t), Whole-Tone Scale

Set Class

The whole-tone scale is the unordered set of notes (set class) consisting of six whole tone intervals. The scale is a mode of limited transposition. More

The whole-tone scale is perfectly even and has only one mode, and only two transpositions. Each transposition of the whole tone scale is two semitone-voice-leading steps away from six of the twelve transpositions of the acoustic scale.

See Beyond Diatonic for more on the set class for this scale.

Less

OPTC equiv: (02468t)

Interval-content vector <060603>

Distance 0*

the minimum Euclidean distance from this set to any transposition of the perfectly even 6 note chord, in semitones

Ancohemitonic chromatic-cluser-free

Anhemitonic set contains no semitones

Mode of Limited Transposition this set has fewer than 12 unique transpositions

Perfectly Even divides the octave perfectly evenly

Self-Complement the complement of this set is the same set

Self-M-Related the M-relation (replace semitone intervals with perfect fourths) maps this set to itself

Symmetric the involution of this set is the same set

Tritonic set contains one or more tritones

Voice leading distance: 1

6-34

(013579)
Aug 9 ♯11
Alt 7 ♭9

(024689)
Dom 9 ♯11
Alt 7 ♯9

7-33

(012468t)
Melodic Minor ♭2

Has Modes

Whole Tone (Mode)

Transpositions

C/D/E/F♯/A♭/B♭ Whole-tone

D♭/E♭/F/G/A/B Whole-tone

Scale Contains

3-12

4-25

(0268)
X7(♭5)
Fr. 6

4-24

(0248)
X7(♯5)

5-33

(02468)
X9(♭5)
X9(♯5)