chromatic

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Since it operated without the pouches of chromatic gel that Samaras had previously manipulated, he employed double exposures, colored lights, and paint to alter his images.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The music itself blends jazz, blues and gospel music, creating a compositional voice the New York Times described as "dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance."

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

This roughly mimics the developmental progression of chromatic enrichment as babies' eyesight matures over the first years of life.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Lage takes some modal and chromatic detours, and the pianist Kris Davis flings around free-jazz clusters, but the track never loses a rowdy roadhouse spirit.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Figure 6.2: You can continue this series of perfect fifths to get the rest of the notes of a chromatic scale; the series would continue F sharp, C sharp, and so on.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones