Major Scale

Transposition in music occurs when

________ a melody or piece is played or sung higher or lower than the original.

Mediant

________- three notes UP from the tonic, midway between the tonic and dominant.

Submediant

________- three notes DOWN from the tonic, counting the tonic as the eighth note of the scale.

The tetrachord pattern that is used in the major scale is

a whole step, whole step, followed by a half step.

The transposed melody will sound

"the same "as the original because the relationship between the pitches is the same.

The six enharmonic keys are

B and Cb, F and Gb, and C and Db.

Transposition may be accomplished by

using the scale degree number or solfège symbol of the original scale of the melody.

Dominant

five notes UP from the tonic, counting the tonic as 1

Subdominant

note below the dominant

Leading tone

the seventh note of the scale, LEADS to the tonic; may be referred to as a tendency tone

Supertonic

note ABOVE the tonic

TENDENCY TONE

Notes in a scale or chord that "tend" to lead to up or down to another note; for example, the leading tone "leads" up to the tonic

Elements of the major scale: Has eight

diatonic notes (adjacent letter names)

Elements of the major scale: Spans

one octave, beginning and ending with the same letter name

Elements of the major scale: Lowest note gives

the scale its name

Elements of the major scale: Consists of

two tetrachords

Elements of the major scale: Has adjacent notes which are

whole steps except for half steps between 3 and 4 and between 7 and 8

This pattern may begin on any note; when one changes the starting pitch while keeping the same arrangement of whole and half steps,

this is called transposition.

The major scale developed from

the modal system of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Along with the minor scale, these scales are the foundation for

Western harmony and our study of intervals and chords

Use sharps or flats

exclusively in a major scale

Each of the seven notes of a scale is

given a name called a scale degree name.

Scale degree names are the same for every scale regardless of

the letter name of the scale or the octave placement of the notes