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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] scole, scale bowl, scale of a [[balance]], from Old Norse skāl; akin to Old Norse skel shell
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : either pan or tray of a [[balance]]
:b : a beam that is [[support]]ed freely in the [[center]] and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends —usually used in plural
*2 : an instrument or [[machine]] for weighing
==Description (Music)==
In [[music]], a '''scale''' is a [[group]] of musical [[notes]] collected in [[ascending]] and [[descending]] order, that provides [[material]] for or is used to conveniently [[represent]] part or all of a musical [[work]] including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody melody] and/or [[harmony]].[1] Scales are ordered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music) pitch] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_class pitch class], with their ordering providing a [[measure]] of musical distance. The term scale is also used to mean the abstracted intervalic [[structure]] or shape of a [[Collective|collection]] of notes independent of the actual pitches used, as in "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_scale major scale]", which invokes the particular [[structure]] common to the C-major scale, D-major scale, etc.
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Music]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] scole, scale bowl, scale of a [[balance]], from Old Norse skāl; akin to Old Norse skel shell
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : either pan or tray of a [[balance]]
:b : a beam that is [[support]]ed freely in the [[center]] and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends —usually used in plural
*2 : an instrument or [[machine]] for weighing
==Description (Music)==
In [[music]], a '''scale''' is a [[group]] of musical [[notes]] collected in [[ascending]] and [[descending]] order, that provides [[material]] for or is used to conveniently [[represent]] part or all of a musical [[work]] including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody melody] and/or [[harmony]].[1] Scales are ordered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music) pitch] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_class pitch class], with their ordering providing a [[measure]] of musical distance. The term scale is also used to mean the abstracted intervalic [[structure]] or shape of a [[Collective|collection]] of notes independent of the actual pitches used, as in "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_scale major scale]", which invokes the particular [[structure]] common to the C-major scale, D-major scale, etc.
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Music]]
