Scales and Key Signatures

sf, or sfz, is short for 'sforzando' which means accented, or forced.

A major interval is when the higher note is in the scale of the bottom note. Example. C to E is a major (3rd) interval because the note F is in the C major scale, but A to G is not a major interval because G is not in the A major scale, if it was A to G# then it would be a major (7th) interval because G# is in the A major scale.

A minor interval (natural minor, no raised 7th) is exactly the same but you can think of it in 2 ways

1. the upper note is in the minor scale of the lower note e.g. A to F is a minor (6th) interval because the note F is in the A minor scale (not A major).

2. The upper note is a semitone down from the major scale of the lower note. Eg. G to F is a minor (7th) interval, because G to F# is a major (7th) interval and F is a semi tone down from F#, it is therefore minor.

Intervals that are Unisons, 4ths, 5ths, and Octaves or 8ths are neither major or minor because the upper note is in both the minor and major scale of the lower note, they are called 'perfect'

Note length is a relative value, so the physical length of the sound would depend on the tempo of the concrete piece of music.

If we take tempo largo (about 44-52 beats per minute), one quarter note would last 60/44=1,36 seconds. So one 128th note would sound 32 times shorter, that is a little more that 4 milliseconds.

The key of D Major has 2 sharps: F# and C#. This is always the same no matter what instrument you play.

Here is a website picture of the Circle of fifths or Circle of key signatures: http://www.pianoclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/circle-keysigs.gif

In an octave there are eight white notes, C D E F G A B C. For the black notes there are 6, if you are going from C sharp to C sharp again. Hope this helps. Five black keys per octave is probably a better way to think about it.

(For string and finger number):

G3, D0, D1, Dlow2, D3, A0, A1, Alow2,

C D E F G A B C

The Key of Ab does not have any sharps naturally written in it. It has four flats.

YOU learn about accidentals in level 2 in piano. Accidentals in piano are when there are flats or sharps next to a note that was not given in the key signature.

Yes, each major key has a relative minor key.

C is the note after the note where you have a space in your fingers, and E is all of them down apart from the bottom one. (Keep the space at A and only the buttons. Not the different keys.) For a higher octave, hit the octave key by the thumb.

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No scale has an F♯ and a D♯ alone, however the keys of E, B, F♯, C♯ major and likewise their relative minors have both the notes F♯ and D♯ as degrees in their scale.

E Minor is the same key as G Major, and there is one sharp. It is the F#, which in E Minor scale is the second.

That depends on whether it's a conventional scale or a different type of scale like a pentatonic scale [which ironically has 3 tones]. Most scales, from Do to Do, have five tones. For those who don't learn notes as do, re and mi, I mean from C to C etc.

Oh, and also, I'm not sure why you specified the piano, as scales are just notes, therefore playable on any instrument in the same way. Though admittedly, it's easier to work out if you know the layout of a keyboard.

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I assume you are asking about a major or minor scale, but there are different types, and how many tones also depends on if you count the high note above with the same letter as the lowest note.

In a traditional MAJOR SCALE (a.k.a. Ionian), there are seven different letter names (and usually an eighth note is added with the same letter name, an octave higher than the first). If you start on C, the major scale is C, D, E, F, G, A, B (and C for the eighth note). You can start on any note, but you will get different letters).

A pentatonic scale has FIVE tones (if you start on C, then the notes are C, D, E, G, A.... and again C which would make 6 tones if you count the high note). There are many other scales, but this should answer your question.

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If we speak about TONES (not notes), there are 12 semitones, that is 6 tones between for example C and C of a higher octave in a standard major scale.

Yes--

No sharps: C


1 sharp: G


2 sharps: D


3: A


4: E


5: B


6: F#


7: C#


Hope this helps! :D

Any note which is "flat" is always one half step lower that the specific white note you're talking about, B-flat is one half step lower than B, so that is the black key just to the left of B. Thus A-flat is the black key just to the left of A, G-flat is the black key just to the left of G, E-flat is the black key just to the left of E and D-flat is the black key just to the left of D.

For C-flat and F-flat, there are no black keys between B and C & E and F so therefore C-flat would have to be B and F-flat would have to be E.

Any note which is "sharp" is always one half step to the right of the specific white note your labelling. Thus F-sharp is the black key directly to the right of F, G-sharp is the black key to the right of G, A-sharp is the black key to the very right of A. C-sharp is the black key to the right of C and D-sharp is the black key to the very right of D.

For E-sharp and B-sharp, since there is no black key between the notes I mentioned above, E-sharp would sound the same as F and B-sharp would be the same as C.

Most of the time when we're talking about "sharps" and "flats", we're referring to a black key.

There are 52 white keys and 36 black keys on piano, what makes total 88 keys.

Most of the modern pianos have 88 keys.

I think you mean E if you are talking about a whole tone scale. There are many musical scales!

if u are talking about the super easy and short one, I think this should be the ans.:

G A B A G A G A B A B G

then just repeat that all over again and thats it!

hope this helps

A natural. If a natural is added before a note, then if that note is sharpened or flattened in the key signature, then for that one note that has the natural in front of it (and all of the rest of the same notes in the bar), it will not be sharpened or flattened.

Eg. If I was composing a song in the key of D Major (F# and C# in the key signature) and I wanted a normal F (not sharp), then I would add a natural in front of it. And for the rest of the song, all of the Fs would still be sharpened.

1. Start on any note on the piano. This note is what will serve as the 'tonic' or the 'starting note'.

2. At this point, the minor scale can be defined on where you place whole steps and half steps. w=whole h=half

Now starting with the 'tonic' go up in this way: up a whole, up a whole, up a half, up a whole, up a whole, up a half, up a whole, up a whole. so the formula for any minor scale is...

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You can start on any note you'd like. To perform the minor scale, just follow the formula above!