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