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Definition of major scale
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.
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Definition of scale degree
steps on a scale.
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Definition of tonic
scale degree 1, which starts & end the scale
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What is the Major Scale Rule?
Half steps fall between scale degrees 3 & 4, 7 & 8.
(WWH W WWH)
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Definition of Tonality
Organization of a composition around a tonic based upon a major or minor scale
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Definition of degree
tones of the diatonic scale
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Definition of chromatic scale
a scale which divides the octave into its semitones. 12 semitones to an octave.
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Definition of diatonic scale
proceeding the order of the octave based on 5 tones & 2 semitones
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What are the 7 degrees of the diatonic scale?
- 1st degree: tonic
- 2nd degree: supertonic
- 3rd degree: mediant
- 4th degree: subdominant
- 5th degree: dominant
- 6th degree: submediant
- 7th degree: leading tone
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Definition of key
a specific scale or series of notes defining a particular tonality. Defined as major or minor. Named after tonic or keytone
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Definition of keynote
note upon which a scale or mode is based or around which a composition is centered.
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Definition of transposition
shifting a composition to a different pitch level
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Definition of dominant
5th tone of the scale
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Definition of key signature
the sharp, flat, or natural signs placed at the beginning of a staff indicating tonality of the composition
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Key Signature Rhymes
- 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'.
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Definition of tie
- a slur (curved line) that joins two
- notes together so that they are played as one long note
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Definition of leading tone/note
the major seventh of a scale, so called because it lies a semitone below the tonic & leads toward it
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Definition of mediant
the third note of the scale, so called because of its position halfway between the tonic and dominant.
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Definition of phrase
a musical unit, often a component of a melody may be regarded as a dependent division of music
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Definition of subdominant
tone that is one step below the dominant of a key
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Definition of submediant
that tone which is positioned as far below the tonic as the mediant is above the tonic
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Definition of supertonic
tone that is one step above the tonic of a key
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Definition of tetrachord
the perfect fourth & the set of four diatonic, chromatic, or enharmonic notes encased there in
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