Improvisation 21 "Whole Tone Wash"

While often used to create a wash of tonally ambiguous color, the whole scale can be used within a traditional harmonic context. Depending on how the music resolves, a whole tone scale can simply be a beautiful spread of color in a piece. To create a tonal feel usually implies only using small stretches of the whole tone scale. As the scale only has six unique notes, it is possible to cycle through the entire scale from one stable tonic point to another (e.g. tonic through whole-tone scale to tonic again).
In this improvisation, I used a repeating progression of I-bVII-bVI-bV harmonized as 6/4 chords with an added 2 (I = Fmaj[add2]/C). This creates a fun ambiguity as the piece is definitely in F major but the F major chord is weakened by being in second inversion. Over these changes, I decided to do an improvisation in a jazz style (occasionally drifting into gospel-ragtime territory). Although there is a brief dip into the parallel minor and F lydian, the piece is decidedly grounded with a tonic F.
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References:
Stevie Wonder. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." (listen in the intro section): • Stevie Wonder You Ar...
Franz Liszt. "Un Sospiro," Trois études de concert, no. 3. (listen to very final moments): • Hamelin plays Liszt - ...
Claude Debussy. "Voiles," Preludes Book 1, no. 2: • Daniel Barenboim: Clau...
Painting by Kandinsky.

[@peperomero4603]

Un trabajo muy interesante! Enhorabuena. Estaría bien saber en que segundos usas las referencias (no me doy cuenta).

[@SBKMusic940]

Muchas gracias por su commento! Lo siento por la confusión! Los referencias son canciónes que usan la escala "whole-tone." Son referencias adicional para escuchando. Mil gracias por la pregunta!