Class #9
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Scale degree names
Vocabulary
The Circle of Fifths
Major Key Signatures
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Presto
Largo
Mezzo
Moderato
Staccato
Father
Charles
Goes
Down
And
Ends
Battle
Battle
Ends
And
Down
Goes
Charles'
Father
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Begin with MAJOR “Tonic”
Count DOWN three minor 2nds (or, three half
steps)
The resulting pitch is the relative minor
“Tonic.”
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Begin with minor “Tonic”
Count UP three minor 2nds (or, three half
steps)
The resulting pitch is the relative MAJOR
“Tonic.”
Beginning with “Tonic” and ascending
through the next “Tonic,” draw a one octave
C Major scale and label each scale degree.
Use the Bass/F clef.
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Define the following terms:
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Presto
Largo
Mezzo
Moderato
Staccato
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On both Treble/G clef and Bass/F clef, draw the
seven sharps in the order in which they occur.
On both Treble/G clef and Bass/F clef, draw the
seven flats in the order in which they occur.
Above each sharp and flat written for questions
#3 and #4, write the name of the corresponding
MAJOR key.
Under each sharp and flat written for questions
#3 and #4, write the name of the corresponding
minor key.
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10.
If no sharps or flats appear between the clef
and the time signature, what is the Major
and minor key?
What is the distance from “Tonic” in a Major
key to “Tonic” in a minor key?
Two sharps appear in the key signature.
What is the Major key?
Two flats appear in the key signature. What
is the minor key?
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Extra Credit #1:
◦ What is the mnemonic device one could use to
remember the order of the sharps?
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Extra Credit #2:
◦ What is the mnemonic device one could use to
remember the order of the flats?
Review
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Staff
Clefs
Note names
Keyboard layout
Ledger lines
Solfege syllables
Major scale
Natural minor scale
Time signatures
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Intervals
Triads
Inversions
Key signatures
Scale Degree names
Repeats
Vocabulary