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The opening theme to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade is, "simply a descending whole-tone scale with diatonic trimmings." See Abraham, Gerald. "The Whole-Tone Scale in Russian Music", p.602, The Musical Times, Vol. 74, No. 1085. (Jul., 1933), pp. 602-604.[non-whole-tone scale notes in red].

Dominant seventh raised ninth vs dominant seventh split third chord.

One of four 'Link' chords, all-interval twelve-tone sets containing an all-trichord hexachord.

The fourteen-tone series on which the melody "Libra" from Karlheinz Stockhausen's Tierkreis is based. (From p. 151 of Jerome Kohl, "The Evolution of Macro- and Micro-Time Relations in Stockhausen's Recent Music", Perspectives of New Music 22, nos. 1 & 2 (Fall-Winter 1983/Spring-Summer 1984): 147–85.)

Gruppen tone row (Stockhausen 1963b, 116; Harvey 1975, 58; Misch 1998, 161; Whittall 2008, 185).

Leading-tone seventh chord in baroque composer Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's 1707 Pièces de clavessin, book 2, "Sarabande", mm.21-8 (ending).

Common-tone diminished seventh chord.

Leading-tone seventh chord often serves a dominant function. This example is from Mozart's K. 283 III, mm. 64-69.

All harmonics from 16 to 32 as a tone cluster, primarily of seconds, then arpeggiated.

Leading-tone half-diminished seventh chord as dominant in Mozart, Piano Sonata in D Major, III (end of Variation V), K. 284, mm.14-17.

Chord progression (half note open guitar chords) for the widely recorded ragtime influenced song written in 1923 by Jimmy Cox, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out". It features chromaticism through chains of secondary dominants (III = V/V/V/V = V/vi, VI = V/V/V = V/ii, II = V/V, and V) and a secondary diminished seventh chord (viio7/V=♯IVo7).

Diminished triad on B, as MIDI

Whole tone scale on B. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 01:01, 6 July 2010 using Sibelius 5.

Beispiel einer Shepard-Tonfolge; Scheinbar unendlich tiefer werdender Ton Example for a Shepard tone

Secondary leading-tone chord from Purcell's Z. 669, III, mm. 9-13.

Secondary half-diminished leading-tone chord in Brahms Op. 119, no. 3, mm.49-51.

Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra op. 31 tone row.

Leading-tone seventh chord in C minor.

Mirror forms, P, R, I, and RI, of a tone row (from Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra op. 31): "Called mirror forms because...they are identical."

Common-tone diminished seventh chord in 'In the Good Old Summertime', Strictly Barbershop, S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. (Barbershop Harmony Society), Folio 6049.

Secondary leading-tone chord: viio7/V - V in C major. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 05:18, 23 May 2010 using sibelius 5.

Webern's Concerto Op. 24 tone row, composed of four trichords: P RI R I.

Tone row for Milton Babbitt's Composition for Four Instruments.

Schoenberg - Piano Piece op.33a tone row.

Leading-tone seventh chord in C major.

Leading-tone diminished seventh chords as dominant in Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 10, no. 1, I, mm.1-10.

Grandmother chord (Grossmutterakkord), first used by Nicolas Slonimsky. A G# Bb G B♮ F# C F♮ C# E D Eb = 0 e 1 t 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6.

Leading-tone seventh chord often serves a dominant function. This example is from Beethoven's no. 5 op. 10, no. 1, I, mm.13-16.

Double harmonic scale with quarter tones. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 07:11, 10 March 2010 using Sibelius 5. MIDI pitch bend appears to match intervals.

English: Chopin Prelude, Op. 20, No. 10 (1832) opening. Consecutive diminished seventh chords as whole tone scale harmony. Piston analyses viio as Vo9 with a missing root.

Demonstration of the melodic minor second's place in a cadence. Created by the uploader.

Use of the whole tone scale in Debussy's Voiles (1910), Prelude. 2, mm.1-4.

*Lesser 37-limit quarter tone on C = D-. Just: 38:37 = 46.17 cents. Limit: 37-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 99,78

Combinatorial tone rows from Moses und Aron by Arnold Schoenberg pairing complementary hexachords from P-0/I-3.

Ninth vs added-ninth chord.

*Greater 37-limit quarter tone on C = C♯. Just: 37:36 = 47.43 cents. Limit: 37-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 23,79 on PU

*Greater 29-limit quarter tone on C = C. Just: 29:28 = 60.75 cents. Equal-tempered: 21/24:1 = 50 cents. Limit: 29-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 56,83

Diminished triad on B in just intonation. Presumably B-D-F in 5-limit just intonation.

The opening eleven note chord from Aaron Copland's Inscape, without orchestration shown.

*Lesser septendecimal quarter tone on C = D♭ (Ben Johnston's notation). Just: 35:34 = 50.18 cents. Limit: 17-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 7,80 on PU

A thirteenth chord "collapsed" into one octave results in a dissonant, seemingly secundal[1] tone cluster. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 22:18, 5 July 2009 using Sibelius 5.

Motherchord (Mutterakkord), pyramidal (symetrical) chord. A G# E C# B F# C♮ F♮ G Bb D Eb = 0 e 7 4 2 9 3 8 t 1 5 6.

Primary forms of the just tone row from Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 7, mov. 2. Pitch bend appears to match intervals.

Chord progression with diminished seventh chords added.

24-tet scale on C (50 cent steps). Easley Blackwood, Jr.'s notation for 24 equal temperament. As only "ups" are used, there are no three-quarter flats and quarter flats are enharmonically spelled (Dd = C#↑). Pitches are split into two groups of 12. MIDI pitch bend is correct for intervals.

Mother chordMutterakkord

Lesson 02, for Piano

Green Sally Up, Green Sally Down

Webern's String Quartet Op. 28 tone row, composed of three tetrachords: P I RI, with P = the BACH motif.

*Eighty-third harmonic on C. Just: 83/64 = 450.05 cents. Limit: 83-limit. MIDI pitch bend: 2,80