MUSC 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Tetrachord, Key Signature, Major Scale
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Diatonic scales of the note within the scale. Scales that are mixed with half, whole, and sometimes. Diatonic scales are even step and a half. Diatonic melodies usually end on the tonic note stable note. The major scale and all three forms of the minor scale uses these terms. Most of pitches are separated by fourth pitch steps. All other keys are a half step apart. Rewriting the major scale pattern onto another pitch . The tonic is either below another tonic. Seven different pitches with whole steps in between each. The natural minor scale can be thought as a . The harmonic minor scale has a . The raised seventh gives a more melodic thrust to the tonic. Half step between the seventh and eighth degree , and a degree. Appears both ascending form and descending form. In the ascending form, the step and the seventh and eighth scale has a half step.
