Pitch and Notes 3: Scales Quiz

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• ____ are a collection of notes in musical alphabetical order from
  lowest to highest sounding or from highest to lowest sounding.
• A ____ from lowest note to highest is called an ascending ____ and a ____
  from highest note to lowest is a descending ____.
• ____ begin and end on the same pitch class one octave apart.
• The name of the ____ is the pitch class it starts on, followed by the type of ____.

Order these notes into an ascending C Chromatic Scale starting on C at the top, followed by C# below C, and so on.

Order these notes into an ascending C Chromatic Scale starting on C at the top followed by Db below C and so on.

Order these notes into an ascending G Chromatic Scale starting on G at the top followed by G# below G and so on.

Order these notes into an ascending G Chromatic Scale starting on G at the top followed by Ab below G and so on.

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• We use ____s to help us tell the difference between ____s and other music theory systems that use numbers. It can get pretty confusing without those little carets.
• Each ____ has a caret or “roof” above it to show that it is a ____. A ____ is
  just saying which note of the scale we are talking about. For example, if the first note of a scale is C, then we could say that C is ____ “1”.

All major scales can be understood, written, and performed with a formula of whole and half steps (Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half).

All major scales begin and end on the same pitch class, one octave apart.

A major scale can start on any note of the full musical alphabet.

One of each letter is always used in the scale (one A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) before the pitch class that the scale started on repeats. There is “some kind of” A, B, C, D, E, F, and G in every major scale. For example, you will never see F and F# in a major scale together.

Either sharps or flats are used in a major scale. A major scale will never have
both sharp and flat accidentals.

The Major Step Formula stays the same for all major scales.

Order these notes into an ascending C Major Scale starting on C at the top followed by D below C and so on.

Order these notes into an ascending G Major Scale starting on G at the top followed by A below G and so on.

Sort the major scale degree names into the correct order from top to bottom. Tonic is at the top.

Where do key signatures go?

Key signatures use sharps, flats, and the lack of sharps and flats to indicate the key
of a piece of music.

Each accidental has a particular line or space it is always written on for key signatures. For example, F# in a key signature for treble clef is always written on the top line of the staff.

When an accidental is on a line or space of a key signature, it changes all notes of that pitch class. For example: a # on the F line (line 5) in the key signature means all octave registers of F are to be written, read, and performed as F#s.

The key signature of C major has

The key signature of G major has

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• The ____ scale is called “natural” because the overall order
• of whole and half steps remain unchanged from the major scale.
• All ____ scales can be understood, written, and performed with a formula of whole and half steps (Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole).
• Begins and ends on the same pitch class, one octave apart.
• A ____ scale can start on any note of the musical alphabet.
• One of each letter is always used in the scale (one A, B, C, D, E, F, and G)
  before the pitch class that the scale started on repeats.
• Either sharps or flats are used in a ____ scale. A ____  scale will never have both sharp and flat accidentals.
• The step formula stays the same for all ____s.

All natural minor scales can be understood, written, and performed with a formula of whole and half steps (Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole).

All natural minor scales begin and end on the same pitch class, one octave apart.

A natural minor scale can start on any note of the full musical alphabet.

In all natural minor scales, one of each letter is always used in the scale (one A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) before the pitch class that the scale started on repeats.

Either sharps or flats are used in a natural minor scale. A natural minor scale will never have both sharp and flat accidentals.

The minor step formula stays the same for all natural minor scales.

What is the Minor Step Formula?

Order these notes into an ascending A Natural Minor Scale starting on A at the top followed by B below A and so on.

Order these notes into an ascending E Natural Minor Scale starting on E at the top followed by F# below E and so on.

What note does the relative natural minor scale of a C major scale start on?

What note does the relative natural minor scale of a G major scale start on?

What note does the relative major scale of an A natural minor scale start on?

What note does the relative major scale of an E natural minor scale start on?

This is the key signature for

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Sort the natural minor scale degree names into the correct order from top to bottom. Tonic is at the top.

Which word is correct for all blank spaces?

____s are a quick way of distilling the basic differences between major and minor down to a simple five-note comparison.