Everything about Whole Step totally explained
A
major second,
whole tone, or
whole step is one of three commonly occurring
musical intervals that span two
diatonic scale degrees; the others being the
minor second and the
augmented second. The major second is abbreviated as
M2 and its
inversion is the
minor seventh. It occurs naturally between the 1st and 2nd degrees of a
major scale, as the
tonic rising melodically to the
supertonic (the familiar
Do-Re sung in moveable-do
solfege).
In
just intonation, the major second can correspond to at least two different frequency ratios: 9/8 (the
major tone), and 10/9 (the
minor tone), which differ by the
syntonic comma. In
meantone temperament and
12 tone equal temperament these two intervals are approximated by the same interval. Some equal temperaments with larger divisions of the octave, such as
34-ET,
41-ET,
53-ET, and
72-ET distinguish between these two intervals.
The major second is considered one of the more
dissonant intervals of the
diatonic scale. It is common in many different musical systems, including
Arabic music,
Turkish music and music of the
Balkans, among others. It occurs in both
diatonic and
pentatonic scales.
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