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A Chromatic scale starting from any of the 12 notes, in full, will have 13 half steps.
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What the difference between an whole tone scale and a pentatonic scale?
One difference between a whole tone scale and a pentatonic scale is that a whole tone scale has 6 notes per octave while a pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave. Another major difference is that a whole tone scale has all adjacent notes a whole step apart, while a pentatonic scale does not consist entirely of whole steps, and since a pentatonic scale is only defined as a scale with 5 notes per octave, there are many pentatonic scales that are possible.
Which major scale only uses the white notes on a keyboard?
The C major scale uses only the white notes.
Is G always the dominant note on a scale?
No. It is only the dominant note in the scale of G.
What notes are in the melodic and harmonic scale?
There are a few types of scales for EACH key: major natural minor harmonic minor melodic minor The major is the one that you typically learn first, natural minor next, etc. The harmonic minor scale is a scale that is similar to the natural minor, only the 7th tone is raised by a half step. For the melodic, it is similar to the harmonic only its 6th tone is ALSO raised. NOTE: when you are coming down on a melodic scale, play the natural minor scale for that key. There are as many of each type of scale as there are scales, which, in total is 48. Including all of the 4 types listed above.
What scale only has a g sharp?
A harmonic minor.
Sing the notes of a musical scale to yourself. What is the adverb phrase?
"to yourself" is an adverb phrase because it modifies the verb, sing
What is a half-step up from C?
On the piano, if one plays B-sharp the heard note is C-natural. Conversely if one plays C-flat, the heard note is B-natural. For the same reasons the interval between E and F is also a half step. A musical scale can have only 12 semi-tones (half-steps).
Why is it that there is only half a tone between the third and fourth note and the sixth and seventh notes?
There is only a half tone between the third and fourth and between the sixth and seventh notes in a major scale. In minor or any other forms of musical scales, there can be half tones or full tones in many different places in the scale.
Define chromatic and diatonic harmony?
Chromatic Harmony is the use of chords containing tones not found in the prevailing major or minor scale but included in the chromatic scale (which has twelve tones): often found in Romantic Music. Diatonic harmony is created exclusively from whatever melodic resource we choose to create within.
What is a scale that only has whole steps?
It's called "step-wise"
What does pentatonic mean in musical terms?
It is a scale with only five notes as opposed to the usual 7 notes in a major or minor scale.
What is a third?
That's a vague sounding question, but I've encountered the term in music theory, referring to the third step of an 8 step scale (do, re, mi). The 3rd is known as a color tone along with the 6th, 7th, and 9th, because it helps to determine the quality of a chord (more than two notes played in unison).A triad is a 3 note chord consisting of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th degrees of a scale played in unison. It can be major, minor, or diminished depending on the relative distance between scale degrees.Every scale in western music contains 12 half steps. This constitutes an octave, or the repetition of the root note one octave up. The 3rd can determine whether a chord is major, minor, or diminished by its location between the root note and the 5th. If a 3rd is three half steps from the root and four half steps from the 5th, a minor chord is made. If it is four half steps from the root and three half steps from the 5th, a major chord is made. If the 3rd is three half steps from the root and three half steps from the 5th, a diminished chord is made.It is possible to create major and minor intervals with only two notes. Three half steps between notes indicates a minor interval, and four half steps indicates a major interval. A diminished chord requires at least three notes, as it cannot be diminished without a flat 5th.I hope this quick breakdown of triad music theory sheds some light.
What sharps or flats does the F major scale have?
There are 3. The scale notes are: A B C# D E F# G# and then back to A so the 3 sharps are C#, F# and G#. All major scales are a pattern of whole steps and half steps so if you know this pattern then even if you are not a musician you can play every major scale on a piano. Just start with the note that begins the scale, in this case 'A'. The pattern is 2 whole steps, then a half step, then 3 whole steps, and another half step back to the beginning note (an octave higher). On a piano, the whole steps (no matter what note you start from) are 2 keys apart. From A to B there is a black note in between, this is a whole step. From B to C is only a half step (there is no black note in between) so you have to jump to C# (the black note to the right of C), then we come to the first half step, from C# to D (the white note immediately to the right)... and so on.
What is the third solfege syllables in a major scale?
7 notes are in the major scale. Example: The C major scale would be C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and C again, which is 8 notes when played, but technically the C wouldn't be counted twice so you only end up with 7 different tones. The G major scale would be the same and so on. Example: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#(G)
Which music scale does not use any half steps?
The whole tone scale only uses full tones, therefore there are six notes per octave. Theoretically could can start a whole tone scale on any note but there are only 2 distinct scales. Whole tone scale starting on C: C, D, E, Gb, Ab, Bb, C Whole tone scale starting on Db: Db, Eb, F, G, A, B, Db Starting a whole tone scale on any of the other notes would merely be inversions of the scales mentioned above.
What does diatonic mean?
In musical terms, it makes reference to using only the 7 tones of the standard scale ... thus: C, D, E, F, G, A and B (in a C major scale) The chromatic notes (sharps/flats) are not used.
How to play the heptatonic scale on the diatonic harmonica?
Heptatonic means any scale with 7 notes. Diatonic scales are heptatonic, but they also have to have 5 whole steps and 2 half steps placed as far from each other as possible. The major and natural minor scales are 2 out of the 7 possible diatonic scales, but there are 792 (12! / 7! (12! - 7!) ) total possible heptatonic scales. You can play 7 of them on your harmonica (the diatonic ones), but probably each one only in a certain key.
