Twelve Tone Scale

Famous quotes containing the words twelve, tone and/or scale:

“Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“We often contradict an opinion when it is actually only the tone with which it was put forward that is uncongenial to us.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“We honor motherhood with glowing sentimentality, but we don’t rate it high on the scale of creative occupations.”
—Leontine Young (20th century)