MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Key Signature, Music Theory, Supertonic
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Key signature: a collection of sharps or flats at the beginning of the song indicating which notes will be sharp or flat for the duration of the song. Key: the scale a piece of music is based on. The tonic of the scale will be the name of the key. Tonal centre: the key, or key note of a piece. Most pieces of music that follow the rules of traditional music theory will feel as though they need to return to the tonal centre. Octave: an interval of eight notes; for example, the note c to the next c on the staff or keyboard. Major scale structure: the arrangement of half and whole steps that combine to form a major scale: Whole step ws half step ws ws ws hs.
