tangga nada

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of tangga (“ladder”) +‎ nada (“tone”), calque of Dutch toonladder (“scale”, literally “tone scale”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa ˈnada/

Noun

tangga nada (plural tangga-tangga nada, first-person possessive tangga nadaku, second-person possessive tangga nadamu, third-person possessive tangga nadanya)

  1. (music) scale: A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

Synonyms
  • skel (Standard Malay)

Further reading
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