tangga nada
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of tangga (“step”) + 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)
- (music) scale: A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
Synonyms
- skel (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “tangga nada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.