Scales in composition Scales can be abstracted from performance or composition. They are also often used precompositionally to guide or limit a composition. Explicit instruction in scales has been part of compositional training for many centuries. One or more scales may be used in a composition, such as in Claude Debussy's L'Isle Joyeuse.. To the right, the first scale is a whole-tone scale, while the second and third scales are diatonic scales. All three are used in the opening pages of Debussy's piece.
Scales in composition Scales can be abstracted from performance or composition They are also often used precompositionally to guide or limit a composition. Explicit instruction in scales has been part of composition?al training for many centuries. One or more scales may be used in a composition, such as in Claude Debussy's L'Isle Joyeuse.. To the right, the first scale is a whole-tone scale, while the second and third scales are diatonic scales. All three are used in the opening pages of Debussy's piece.