Editing Chromatic scale (section)

==Non-Western cultures==
The ancient [[Music of China|Chinese]] chromatic scale is called ''[[Shí-èr-lǜ]]''. However, "it should not be imagined that this [[Diatonic and chromatic#Diatonic scales|gamut]] ever functioned as a [[scale (music)|scale]], and it is erroneous to refer to the 'Chinese chromatic scale', as some Western writers have done. The series of twelve notes known as the twelve ''lü'' were simply a series of [[tonic (music)|fundamental notes]] from which scales could be constructed."<ref>[[Joseph Needham|Needham, Joseph]] (1962/2004). ''Science and Civilization in China, Vol. IV: Physics and Physical Technology'', pp. 170–171. {{ISBN|978-0-521-05802-5}}.</ref> However, "from the standpoint of tonal music [the chromatic scale]<!--"it"--> is not an independent scale, but derives from the diatonic scale,"<ref name="Forte"/> making the ''Western chromatic scale'' a gamut of fundamental notes from which scales could be constructed as well.