Devices and Scales

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Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.

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Scales and devices are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scales" instead a noun "Devices".

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Devices and scales are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devices" instead a noun "Scales".

A variation happens in the Italian movie Danger: Diabolik (featured on the last episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000), where the title character scales up a castle wall using a pair of devices consisting of three hand-activated suction cups attached to a handle.

Source: Air-Vent Passageway
Overtures for musicals in the mid-20th century tended to have more exciting introductions, based on such attention-getting compositional devices as timpani rolls, upward-rushing scales, fanfares, memorable motifs on brass instruments, and unusual sound effects.

Source: Medley Overture

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