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Cryptic Excretions
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Cryptic Excretions
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05/26/2006 12:11 am
Originally Posted by: equatorBy definition chromatic is when a note is separated from its upper and lower neighbors by a half-step. And if you move chromatically, then you do move by half steps to another note that is a semitone lower or higher; otherwise you would be moving in intervals or scalar wise

chromatic

adj
2: based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale"

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=chromatic

It doesn't say anything about needing to be in half-step incriments to be chromatic.
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