Music Notation 2

contains 8 pitches represented by consecutive letter names, the eighth letter is a repetition of the 1st only an octave higher. Pitches must follow a specific order of whole & half notes. Named after tone.

steps on a scale.

scale degree 1, which starts & end the scale

Half steps fall between scale degrees 3 & 4, 7 & 8.

(WWH W WWH)

Organization of a composition around a tonic based upon a major or minor scale

tones of the diatonic scale

a scale which divides the octave into its semitones. 12 semitones to an octave.

proceeding the order of the octave based on 5 tones & 2 semitones

• 1st degree: tonic
• 2nd degree: supertonic
• 3rd degree: mediant
• 4th degree: subdominant
• 5th degree: dominant
• 6th degree: submediant
• 7th degree: leading tone

a specific scale or series of notes defining a particular tonality. Defined as major or minor. Named after tonic or keytone

note upon which a scale or mode is based or around which a composition is centered.

shifting a composition to a different pitch level

5th tone of the scale

the sharp, flat, or natural signs placed at the beginning of a staff indicating tonality of the composition

• THE ORDER OF FLATS:
• Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father

• THE ORDER OF SHARPS:
• Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

• 'SHARP' Key Sig. Hint:
• When sharps you see, the last is 'ti'

• 'FLAT' Key Sig. Hint:
• When flats there are, the last is 'fa'.

• a slur (curved line) that joins two
• notes together so that they are played as one long note

the major seventh of a scale, so called because it lies a semitone below the tonic & leads toward it

the third note of the scale, so called because of its position halfway between the tonic and dominant.

a musical unit, often a component of a melody may be regarded as a dependent division of music

tone that is one step below the dominant of a key

that tone which is positioned as far below the tonic as the mediant is above the tonic

tone that is one step above the tonic of a key

the perfect fourth & the set of four diatonic, chromatic, or enharmonic notes encased there in