Major Keys (Junior Cert Music): Flashcards
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Major tonality
Major tonality
Music written in one of the major keys
Major key uses notes from
Major key uses notes from
A major scale
Definition of a scale
Definition of a scale
Notes moving by step (ascending/descending) in tone/semitone pattern
Definition of interval
Definition of interval
Distance between two notes
Major scale pattern (T=tone, S=semitone)
Major scale pattern (T=tone, S=semitone)
T-T-S-T-T-T-S
Tone in a major scale
Tone in a major scale
Whole step
Semitone in a major scale
Semitone in a major scale
Half step
Major key is named after
Major key is named after
Its first note (the tonic)
First note of a key
First note of a key
Tonic (or keynote)
The tonic
The tonic
Home note where scale begins and ends
Tonic provides
Tonic provides
Sense of stability to the key
Music ending on the tonic feels
Music ending on the tonic feels
Finished and complete