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Scales and Key Signatures

This category is about major, minor and other musical scales, and keys and key signatures in musical notation. All questions should relate to forms and construction of scales, and key signatures within these forms.

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What are notes called when they are altered from the traditional scale?

Notes that are altered from the traditional scale are called altered chords. These chords are defined on different scales, such as the chromatic scale, as being a diatonic note.

What are the notes of Db melodic minor scale?

Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb, C and Db ascending.

Db, Cb, Bbb (double flat), Ab, Gb, Fb, Eb and Db.

What is the purpose of flat caps?

Flat caps can be used for style, covering baldness, keeping the head warm among many other uses. The flat cap was designed by Henry Sten in 1876 in Leeds, England. Mostly worn by older men, the flat cap has grown in popularity in recent years with younger fashionable men.

What notes are in the key of F minor?

The standard minor scale (or natural minor) contains the first, second, lowered third, fourth, fifth, lowered sixth and lowered seventh scale degrees. In F minor the notes are:

F natural minor - F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb and F.

F harmonic minor - F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, E natural and F.

F melodic minor - F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D natural, E natural and F (ascending). In the descending form of the F melodic minor scale, the D and D are lowered to Db and Eb (ie the same notes as the natural minor).

What is the dominant 7 of the f sharp minor key?

The dominant 7th chord is composed of the root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh. The dominant seventh for the F# key would be F#, A#, C# and E.

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.

What is the secondary dominant of b minor?

The secondary dominant of b minor is a C# major chord.

Is eye of the tiger in minor or major key?

'Eye of the Tiger' was written in the key of C minor, so it's in a minor key.

What is the key signature for D harmonic minor in bass clef?

There is no key signature for D harmonic minor in particular - as the raised seventh is not part of the key signature.

In all clefs, D minor has one flat and in all cases (since the raised seventh in this scale is C♯), to avoid confusion it is best to avoid having both a sharp and a flat in the same key signature.

What scale has 7 sharps?

C♯ major and A♯ minor both have seven sharps.

What is a scale made up of 5 notes?

A pentatonic scale is made up of 5 notes, and can be hemitonic (containing half steps) or anhemitonic (not containing half steps).

What are two key advantages of the JLEnt?

increased communication and increased capabilities.

What is the difference of a melodic scale and a harmonic scale?

The difference between a melodic minor scale and a harmonic minor scale is that in a melodic minor scale, the sixth and seventh scale degrees are raised on the way up, and on the way down they are the same as they would be in natural minor. In a harmonic minor scale, only the seventh scale degree is raised and stays the same on the way down.