chromatic

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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

Since it operated without the pouches of chromatic gel that Samaras had previously manipulated, he employed double exposures, colored lights, and paint to alter his images.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The music itself blends jazz, blues and gospel music, creating a compositional voice the New York Times described as "dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance."

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

This roughly mimics the developmental progression of chromatic enrichment as babies' eyesight matures over the first years of life.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Because of this, most traditional and popular Western music uses major or minor scales rather than the chromatic or whole tone scales.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones