Questions about the Chromatic & Whole Tone poster

What’s on the Chromatic & Whole Tone poster?

Chromatic — 12 notes against Whole tone — 6 notes, side by side. Chromatic — 12 notes: Every semitone in the octave; Chromatic — 12 notes: No key, no tonic, no tension; Chromatic — 12 notes: Used for passing notes and runs; Chromatic — 12 notes: Guitar: one fret at a time; Chromatic — 12 notes: Approach any target note by semitone; Whole tone — 6 notes: Every interval a whole tone: C D E F♯ G♯ A♯; Whole tone — 6 notes: Only two exist in all of music; Whole tone — 6 notes: No perfect fifth anywhere in it; Whole tone — 6 notes: Every triad in it is augmented; Whole tone — 6 notes: Dreamlike, unmoored — Debussy's sound; Both divide the octave evenly, so neither can establish a key. Use them to suspend to…. The whole-tone scale fits an augmented or a 7♯5 chord exactly.

Who is the Chromatic & Whole Tone poster for?

Chromatic & Whole Tone belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning scales & modes can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Chromatic & Whole Tone poster?

Neither has a home note. That is what they are for. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Chromatic & Whole Tone belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Chromatic & Whole Tone?

The Blues Scale, Dorian and The Harmonic Minor sit alongside Chromatic & Whole Tone in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Blues ScaleDorianThe Harmonic Minor

Is the Chromatic & Whole Tone poster free to download and print?

Yes. Chromatic & Whole Tone downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Chromatic & Whole Tone poster print at?

Chromatic & Whole Tone is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Chromatic & Whole Tone loses nothing.Printing guide