AP Music Theory Chapter 2

Tonic

1

Supertonic

2

Mediant

3

Subdeterminant

4

Dominant

5

Submediant

6

Leading tone

7 (when a half step below tonic)

Subtonic

7 (whole step from tonic)

Major Key Pattern

W,W,W,H,W,W,W,H

Flat order forward and Sharp Backwards

BEAD GCF

sharp trick

half step up from last sharp

flats trick

second to last flat

minor trick (natural)

6th scale degree starting

harmonic minor

raise the 7

melodic minor

raise 6 and 7

parallel relationship

major and minor key with same tonic

chromatic scale

only half steps

whole tone

only whole steps

blues scale

major scale with flat 3rd and flat 7th

Octatonic scale

eight note scale with alternating half and whole steps

pentatonic

missing whole steps

major 1 2 3 5 6

minor 1 3f 4 5 7f

Ionian

whole scale, major key

Dorian

cut second note add its octave

Pharygian

cut third note add its octave

Lydian

cut fourth note add its octave

Minolydian

cut fifth note, add its octave

Aeolian

cut 6th note and add its octave