whole tone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for whole tone in the English»French Dictionary

I.whole [Brit həʊl, Am hoʊl] N

II.whole [Brit həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADJ

1. whole:

entier/-ière
tout entier/-ière

III.whole [Brit həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADV

I.tone [Brit təʊn, Am toʊn] N

II.tone [Brit təʊn, Am toʊn] VB trans

III.tone [Brit təʊn, Am toʊn] VB intr a. tone in (blend)

whole tone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whole tone in the English»French Dictionary

I.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADJ

III.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADV

II.tone [təʊn, Am toʊn] VB trans (firm muscles)

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Since they are symmetrical, whole tone scales do not give a strong impression of the tonic or tonality.
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In miracle, a minor third plus a septimal whole tone is also equated with the 11th harmonic.
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In this octave, that is almost a whole tone.
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In this set of sonatas, he used prominent characteristics of early 20th century music, such as whole tone scales, dissonances, and quarter tones.
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To the right, the first scale is a whole tone scale, while the second and third scales are diatonic scales.
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He could produce sixteen clearly different sounds within a whole tone.
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The cylindrical pipes feature three side-holes that allowed players to produce whole tone scales.
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Each note within a group is separated by a whole tone, and each group is separated by a semitone.
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If the interval was a minor third, about one whole tone from the bottom, genus chromatic.
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Notice that in these tuning systems, a third kind of whole tone, even wider than the major tone, exists.
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