The term 'steps on a scale' refers to the various components of a musical scale. The solutions for this crossword are NOTES (5 letters), TONES (5 letters), DEGREES (7 letters), RES (3 letters), REMI (4 letters), DOREMI (6 letters), and WEIGHS (6 letters). NOTES refer to the individual pitches that make up a scale, tones refer to the intervals between NOTES, degrees refer to the order of the NOTES in the scale, res is an abbreviation for resonance, remi is an alternate spelling of the word 'remy', doremi is a mnemonic device used to remember the NOTES of a scale, and weighs refers to the relative importance of each note in the scale.