Scales and Key Signatures

The order of the flats are: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb

As for a rule... I'm not quite sure what you are asking about

The G Mixolydian scale has an F Natural in it, while the G Ionian (Major) scale has an F Sharp.

The enharmonic equivalent to A-flat is G-sharp; The enharmonic equivalent to G-flat is F-sharp.

The interval from B-flat to D is a major third, regardless of the key.

In fixed "do" solfege, B-flat would be "tay"

It is a temporary posting to the rank of major without an increase in pay.

the interval is a 3rd.

G, b, d

the c major scale goes in this order... c-d-ef-g-a-bc

the dashes=whole steps

letters next to eachother=half steps

so if you make a c chord, you would follow the 1+3+5 triad and a c chord would be made up of a c e and g

if you were doing a c sus2 (1+2+5) or c sus4 (1+4+5), the order would be cdg in sus2, and cfg in sus 4

see how that works?

The Die Fledermaus Overture, by Johann Strauss, is in the key of A major.

Chill tonic was a tonic containing quinine and other ingredients to battle the symptoms (often chills) of malaria. The most famous (and perhaps the first?) chill tonic was "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic," in which the flavor of quinine supposedly could not be tasted.

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an easy way to do scales like that is to first find the e flat major scale, then to flat everything once (or twice in this case.)

it's a bit messy but the notes would be:

Ebb Fb Gb Abb Bbb Cb Db Ebb

I definitely suggest transposing to D major, good sir..

G-sharp minor (generally) has five sharps, however in the melodic minor both E and F♯ need to be raised, so the key signature for G-sharp melodic minor has 5 sharps and 1 double sharp (G♯, A♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, and an Fx).

Pentatonic. Penta means 5.

There's only one tonic in every scale. It's the first pitch played in the scale. In this case it's a C.

Were it Bb major, the tonic would be Bb, D major the tonic would be D, etc..

There are two tetrachords in a diatonic scale. The second tetrachord has the higher four notes. In D major, they are A B C# and D.

A relative minor key is the minor key with the same key signature as a particular major key, for example D minor and F major both have one flat (Bb).

Ab Major

F Major

Eb Major

That would be called an A minor "Gypsy Scale" (although the term "Gypsy Scale" is often applied to several different scales found in Gypsy music). It is a synthetic mode created by raising the fourth degree of the natural minor scale. It is quite likely that the seventh degree will be raised at times, also, which turns it into a minor mode of the double harmonic major scale.

Yes it uses the whole tone scale as there are no semitones in the melody. You are right.

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