music-jazz and blues, scales

jazz and blues topic key terms and definitions. also scales key terms and definition

tone(t)

a full step in between two notes

semitone(st)

a half step in between two notes

major scale

ttsttts

minor scale

tsttsss

chromatic scale

all semitones

whole tone scale

all tones

scale

an ordered series of notes

major

happy scale

minor

sad scale

sharp(#)

semitone to the right

flat(b)

semitone to the left

where did the blues originate

from african slaves who needed to pass time while working. they also took insparation from church songs and bar songs

12 bar blue chord structure

cccc ff cc g f cc