chromatic
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Perhaps its brief but important ascending chromatic line was inspired by the signature one that ends Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life,” which closes this new release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Both the original and chromatic versions of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” for example, are available on demand.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Behind the scenes, Moreno formulated her own Spanish-language takes on jazz, which listeners can hear in the 2006 funky, spy-like chromatic track “Escondidos” — which includes a kazoo solo in its outro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
It can strike you as quintessentially French, perhaps because it shares chromatic DNA with Matisse’s “Blue Nude” series of cutouts.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
For major and minor scales, there are seven notes; for pentatonic, five; for a chromatic scale, twelve.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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