Natural Major Scale
WWHWWWH
Natural Minor Scale
WHWWHWW
Harmonic Minor
WHWWH(W+H)H
7th scale degree gets sharp.
Melodic Minor (Ascending)
Sharp the 6th and 7th Scale degree.
Melodic Minor (Descending)
Natural minor scale cancel out 6th and 7th sharps.
Octatonic Scale
Alternating whole and half steps
Pentatonic Scale
5 notes
Uses note 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Takes out 4 and 7 so it creates tension
How to Find Relative
Name of the scale -> go up 3 half steps
Naming Key Signatures
Sharps: Look at the last sharp and go up a half step
Flat: Look at 2nd to last flat
Acronym for Modes
I
Don't
Particularly
Like
Modes
Anyways
Lol
Ionian
Any major scale
Dorian
# the 6th scale degree
(based in minor)
Phyrigian
Flat the 2nd scale degree
(based in minor)
Lydian
# the 4th scale degree
(based in major)
Mixolydian
Flat the 7th scale degree
(based in major)
Aeolian
Natural minor scale
Locrian
Scale degrees 7-7
(no altered pitches)
major
We don't use it
Simple 1-8
Anything inside of an octave
Compound 8+
Anything over an octave
Inverting Intervals
Make sure they always add up to 9
Basically everything is its opposite
C Instruments
Piano
Flute
Tuba
Trombone
Bass Euphonium
Mallet Percussion
Oboe
B Flat Instruments
Trumpets
Clarinets
Tenor Sax
Soprano Sax
E Flat Instruments
Alto Sax
Bari Sax
Alto Clarinet
A Persons Part
What is written on staff
"Concert Pitch"
The actual sound
(when it doesn't give you concert Pitch you go the opposite direction of what you normally go)
Getting to Concert Pitch
C Inst.: Already concert pitch
B flat inst.: Go 2 half steps up
E flat inst.: Go 3 half steps down
F inst.: Go up a perfect 5th or down a perfect 4th
Every Major Scale Follows This Pattern
Tonic - Major
Supertonic - Minor
Mediant - Minor
Subdominant - Major
Dominant - Major
Submediant - Minor
Leading Tone - Diminished
Minor Scales Follow This Pattern
Tonic - Minor
Supertonic - Diminished
Mediant - Major
Subdominant - Minor
Dominant - Minor
Submediant - Major
Leading Tone - Major
1st Inversion
3rd scale degree is in bass
2nd Inversion
5th Scale Degree is in bass
Root Position Superscript
(5/3)
1st Inversion Superscript
6/(3)
2nd Inversion Superscript
6/4
How to Label Inversions
Note Inventory
Write in 3rds (if you can)
What is the bass?
Identify the inversion
Label
Order of 7th Scale
Minor
diminished
Major
MInor
Minor
Major
Major
Root Position for 7th's
7(5/3)
1st Inversion (7th's)
6/5/(3)
2nd Inversion (7th's)
(6)/4/3
3rd Inversion (7th's)
(6)/4/2
Inversion Hotline
(664)- 765- 4342
(664)
6 - 1st Inversion
64 - 2nd Inversion
765
7 - Root
65 - 1st Inver.
4342
43 - 2nd Inver.