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Notated music forms

lyrics w/ lead sheets, chord symbols, tablature notation, band/orch score

how to determine do major (sharps)

last sharp go up 1

how to determine la minor (sharps)

last sharp go down 1

how to determine do major (flats)

second to last flat

how to determine la minor (flats)

a space/line down from 2nd to last flat

order of sharps

f c g d a e b

order of flats

b e a d g c f

parallel keys

same tonic note (ex: e major = e minor)

relative keys

same key sigs (ex: c major= a minor)

subtonic pitch

whole step down from last note

leading tone

half step down from last note

scale degree names

tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic or leading tone

natural scale

follows key sig exactly

harmonic scale

scale degree 7 raised a semitone

melodic scale

ascending, 6+7 raised a semitone, descending natural scale

intervals getting bigger

ex: major → augmented

intervals getting smaller

ex: minor→ diminished

perfects getting bigger

perfect→ augmented

perfects getting smaller

perfect→ diminished

3/4

simple triple

2/4

simple duple

4/4

simple quadruple

6/8

compound duple

9/8

compound triple

12/8

compound quadruple

raising the root of a major triad by a half step?

chord becomes diminished

major chord structure

M3, m3

minor chord structure

m3, M3

diminished chord structure

m3, m3

augmented chord structure

M3, M3

FCG group

all same= major

B group

all same= diminished

DAE group

all same= minor

hemiola

shift from 3 groups of 2 to 2 groups of 3

syncopation

accenting weak beats

circle of fifths (sharps)

c g d a e b f# c#

circle of fifths (flats)

F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb