The claimed portion includes five descending notes of a chromatic musical scale. The beginning of Stairway to Heaven also incorporates a descending chromatic minor chord progression in A minor.

Even if he did, they argued, the similarity between “Stairway to Heaven” and “Taurus” was limited to a “descending chromatic scale of pitches” that have been known for centuries and ...

In the event the jury gets it wrong and overlooks the requirement that the plaintiff must prove that its use of the descending chromatic scale in its song “Taurus” was sufficiently original to ...

Anderson said the “descending chromatic scale” played by Page in the first moments of “Stairway” is merely a musical device, so common and unoriginal that “it belongs to everyone.” ...

Music experts testified that the descending chromatic scale in “Taurus,” which the band was accused of having copied, is exceedingly common in popular music and isn’t subject to copyright ...

During the trial, music experts said in court that the opening rift of “Taurus,” described as a “descending chromatic scale,” is routinely used in mainstream music—so common it doesn’t ...

Led Zeppelin's attorneys brought in music expert Lawrence Ferrara, who testified that the "descending chromatic minor line progression" in question at the trial was used 300 years ago, as well as ...

Led Zeppelin founders Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have lost their bid to avoid a trial that may rewrite the history of rock'n'roll over song-writing credits for a 1971 hit.

More than 40 years after the release of Stairway to Heaven, English rock band Led Zeppelin are facing allegations that its iconic guitar riff was stolen from Taurus, a song released in 1968 by the ...