The whole tone scale has which interval pattern?

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The whole tone scale has which interval pattern?

The key idea is that every step from one note to the next in a whole tone scale is a whole step, meaning two semitones. Because you keep moving up by the same interval each time, you get a six-note scale where there are no semitones inside the scale. For example, starting on C you’d go C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, and back to C. Each move is a whole step, so the interval pattern is all whole steps. Descriptions involving half steps, alternating patterns, or mixed intervals with semitones don’t fit this uniform whole-step structure.

The key idea is that every step from one note to the next in a whole tone scale is a whole step, meaning two semitones. Because you keep moving up by the same interval each time, you get a six-note scale where there are no semitones inside the scale. For example, starting on C you’d go C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, and back to C. Each move is a whole step, so the interval pattern is all whole steps. Descriptions involving half steps, alternating patterns, or mixed intervals with semitones don’t fit this uniform whole-step structure.

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