Chromatic scale and new notes between E/F and B/C: The fractions and , and , and , and , and many other pairs are interchangeable, as (syntonic comma) is tempered out. These are 19-EDO just intonation approximations. The ancient Chinese chromatic scale is called "Shí-èr-lǜ". However, "it should not be imagined that this gamut ever functioned as a 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 fundamental notes from which scales could be constructed." The Indian solfège,
Chord-scale system the system. For example, Russell associated the C major chord with the lydian scale, while teachers including John Mehegan, David Baker, and Mark Levine teach the major scale as the best match for a C major chord. Miles Davis's "Lydian Chromatic Concept"-influenced first modal jazz album "Kind of Blue", is often given as an example of chord-scale relationships in practice. The chord-scale system provides familiarity with typical chord progressions, technical facility from practicing scales and chord arpeggios, and generally succeeds in reducing "clams", or notes heard as mistakes (through providing note-choice possibilities for the chords of progressions), and building "chops",