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More Whole Tone Scale Cycles

Let's listen to another example of circular motion using the whole tone scale:

If you look at the left hand part, it simply moves up the first five notes of the C whole tone scale and then moves back down again:

The right hand balances this motion by moving in a downward direction and then back up again:

What is interesting about the right hand is that each triplet figure simply outlines an augmented chord. To learn about the close relationship between the whole tone scale and the augmented chord, refer to the Augmented chord topic.

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