Major Scales (Junior Cert Music): Flashcards
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Definition of a scale
Definition of a scale
Series of notes moving by step ascending/descending
Notes in a major scale
Notes in a major scale
Eight notes
Starting note of major scale
Starting note of major scale
Tonic (keynote)
Definition of semitone
Definition of semitone
Smallest interval; distance to next nearest note
Other name for semitone
Other name for semitone
Half-step
What a tone consists of
What a tone consists of
Two semitones
Other name for tone
Other name for tone
Whole step
Major scale interval pattern
Major scale interval pattern
T-T-ST-T-T-T-ST
Consistency of major scale pattern
Consistency of major scale pattern
Same pattern in every major key
Different notes in major scale
Different notes in major scale
Seven different notes (plus tonic repeated at octave)
Other name for tonic
Other name for tonic
Keynote
Use of letter names A-G in scales
Use of letter names A-G in scales
Each used once in order (A-G) until tonic repeats