Unit Two : Scales, Tonality, Keys & Modes

Chapter Two Outcomes

At the end of this unit, you will be able to:

Identify--visually and aurally--the major and minor (natural, harmonic, and melodic) scales.
Perform all of the above listed scales.
Transpose melodies and excerpts from one key to another or from one instrument to another.
Recognize and assign appropriate major and minor key signatures when asked.
Label and use scale degree terminology such as tonic, supertonic, mediant, etc.
Analyze a scale's structure and then identify the correct mode or scales (including pentatonic, octotonic, chromatic, whole tone, and blues).

How were scales created, established, and standardized?

How do certain keys, modes, and tonalities express different "moods" in music?
Who established these keys and scales?
When did they establish these keys and scales?
What is considered consonant and dissonant?
What are current examples of these keys and modes and how are they relevant today?
What are the structures of all the scales and how is the circle of fifths organized?
How are instruments impacted by keys and transpositions?

Scale
Half Steps and Whole Steps
Tonality
Key Signature
Circle of Fifths
Major Scale
Minor (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) Scales
Modes (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian)
Pentatonic (Major, Minor) Scales
Chromatic, Whole Tone, and Octotonic Scales
Blues Scale
Scale Degrees (Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant, Subdominant, Dominant, Submediant, Leading-Tone/Subtonic)
Transposition

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