Scales and Key Signatures

G, b and d.

Simply a minor scale

Quite the same way you would in any other minor key. In a minor key, the chords are as follows: i iidim III iv V VI VII. So, naturally, following the rules of building triads, one would build a minor triad for i, a diminished triad for ii, major for III, minor for iv, major for V, Vi, and VII. So, "i" would look like this: Root-->third-->fifth. Because it is a minor triad, the third is a minor third up from the root, and the fifth is a pefect fifth up from the root. So, in A-minor, the 'i' triad would be A(root), C(third), E(fifth). The same applies to all minor chords.

The diminished chord is similar, but both intervals are minor thirds, rather than a minor third and a major third. So, in A-minor, that would be B, D, F.

Major chords are the opposite of minor chords, the structure being major third, then minor third, rather than minor third, then major third.

Hope this helps, let me know if there is anything I can clear up for you.

Cheers, Dan

well the minor scale was unfortunait used to be b flat then it was changed to e flat.

E major.

it has a C sharp but no D natural

F major, B-flat major.

Major scales generally sound happier

A double flat is a tone lower than the natural note.

Harmony is any two (or more) notes played over the top of one another. The most common types of harmony are played with the 1st and 3rd, 1st and 5th, or 1st and 7th notes of the scale. A different sound, mood and tone colour is created with each interval according to which scale it comes from.

The harmony that is created between the 1st and 3rd notes of a major scale is very different to that of a minor scale, seeing as the 3rd note of any scale is almost always the most prominent one in defining it's mood. In a major scale, these two notes played together will sound pleasant and fulfilled, in a minor scale, these two notes will sound unhappy and sometimes incomplete.

The interval of the 1st and 5th note will always sound powerful and enforcing, with the exception of diminished and augmented scales, which have a similar dissonant sound. The interval of the 1st and 7th notes will always create suspense (again with the exception of diminished and augmented scales) and are hence a key characteristic in film music (they are also used a lot in Jazz and Funk styles).

These three intervals are the most commonly used as the listener can engage with these sounds, but this does not mean harmony is limited to these intervals. Again, any two (or more) notes from any scale can be used to do this.

The technique of creating harmony in music is used over almost every genre of music and hence differs accordingly.

6 flats. B, E, A, D, G and C.

The G major scale in the same on any instrument,

G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯ and G.

You notes in the A minor chord are A, C, and E. Simply transpose your C one step higher to a C#, and you have an A major! Most chords are easily transposed from major to minor, or visa versa, with a transposition of one note. However, this is for the piano, you didn't specify which instrument =)

The half steps in an E major scale are from Gis / G-sharp (enharmonically, As / A-flat) to A, and from Dis / D-sharp (enharmonically, Es / E-flat) to E.

Classical

In the Circle of Fifths, the sharps are F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, and B#. The corresponding flats are B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, and F♭. Each key signature moves clockwise for sharps and counterclockwise for flats, with each step representing a perfect fifth interval.

The pentatonic scale is formed by the 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 degrees from a major scale.

For example, a C pentatonic has the notes C, D, E, G and A.

B

Tonic,

supertonic,

mediant,

subdominant,

dominant,

submediant,

leading note,

tonic again..

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What it means if it is a signature is that a person should have read and then agreed to the conditions on the paper. A signature usually indicates that a person understands and agrees with a document.

All three types of the minor scale have a half step between scale degree 2 and scale degree 3. The Dorian mode also has a half step between those two scale degrees.