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

• “tangga nada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.