MAJOR SCALES

  There are two types of scales: Major and minor

  Both have eight notes, starting and ending on notes of the same name.

   Each note of a scale is called a degree. We use Roman numerals to name the notes:

MAJOR SCALES

Whatever note they start on, they all follow the same pattern.

This pattern is a set order of tone and semitone gaps between the notes:

         

The pattern of a major scale is: T-T-S-T-T-T-S

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So the semitones in a Major scale are between the III and IV degrees and between the VII - VIII degrees

 

STEPS TO BUILD ANY MAJOR SCALE:

1. Write the notes (eight)
2. Write the degrees in roman numerals
3. Highlight the gap between III-IV and VII-VIII degrees.
4. Make sure that it follows the pattern TTSTTTS
5. You may use flats and sharps to correct the gaps.

*** Flats and sharps cannot be mixed in the same scale!!

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The kid with perfect pitch

En los últimos días circulan por la red varios vídeos de un niño con oído absoluto (perfect pitch). esto es, la capacidad de discriminar a la perfección los distintos sonidos y reconocer además qué nota está sonando.

Este niño es capaz de reconocer una a una, las notas que componen un acorde que previamente ha escuchado:

INTERVALS

•  An interval is the gap between two notes.

To analyze an interval you must:

1. Tell the disctance:

second (2nd), third (3rd), fourth (4th), fifth (5th), sixth (6th), seveth (7th), octave (8th) and so on.

2. Intervals can be ASCENDING or DESCENDING:

3. An interval can also be HARMONIC or MELODIC.