Building Scales from a Scale Degree: Given a pitch and scale degree, construction the scale.

• • Worksheet (part 2)

Scale Degree ID: Practicing identifying or constructing scale degrees using numbers and functional names. 

• • Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2 (pp. 2–5), Worksheet 3, Worksheet 4

Scale Degree Speed Challenge: Race against your classmates to see who can get the highest score in each scale degree level below before the timer runs up. Record the highest running scores on the board.  Scores only count if you have 100% correct, so accuracy matters. If you miss a key, restart from the top! Work until your instructor yells stop. 

• • ID Scale Degrees: Level 1 (keys up to 2 #/b), Level 2 (keys up to 4 #/b), Level 3 (all keys!)

  • Construct Scale Degrees: Level 1 (keys up to 2 #/b), Level 2 (keys up to 4 #/b), Level 3 (all keys!)

Aural ID: Your instructor plays the tonic note, then a 3–5 note string that include one of the sets of notes below. Students sing back the string of notes using solfege or scale degrees. 

• • Do, Re, or Mi 

  • Do, Mi, or Sol

  • Do, Re, Mi, Fal, or Sol

Scale Degree ID in Repertoire: For each given major melody in your anthology here, identify the key, then identify the scale degree of each note above the staff. 

Melodic Sight-Singing: Sing through the melodies in your sight-singing anthology here. Work through the following steps for each melody: 

• • Identify the key

  • Singing the major scale in that key

  • Speaking through the solfège syllables/scale degrees in that key while conducting. 

  • Sing through the melody on solfège/scale degrees while conducting.