H1 Week 2 1801
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The document discusses scales and the relationships between major and minor scales. It defines a scale as a series of ascending or descending notes in a stepwise pattern. It explains that the C major and A minor scales use the same notes, but have a different pattern of whole and half steps. The relative minor of any major scale begins on the 6th note, and the relative major of any natural minor begins on the 3rd note. The document also discusses the patterns of whole and half steps that distinguish the natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales from each other.
H1 Week 2 1801
- 2. Learning Outcomes By the end of todays session, students will be able to: Define what a scale is, and understand the relationship between relative major and minor scales Identify the half step/whole step pattern of major and natural minor scales Understand the relationship between natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales
- 3. Scales A scale is a series of ascending or descending notes in a stepwise pattern.
- 4. C Major/A minor scale - Relative The scales of C Major and A minor are built using all natural notes (white notes on the piano), in the order of notes:
- 5. These two scales have the same notes, but they are not the same kind of scale. We can tell the difference between the two because of where the half steps fall. A minor is the relative minor to C major
- 6. Relative minor The relative minor uses the same set of notes, placed in a different order This creates a different pattern of whole and half steps The relative minor of any major scale begins on the 6th scale degree The relative major of any natural minor scale begins on the b3 scale degree
- 7. Activity Write out a major scale starting on the following notes: F G D Bb Now find the relative minor scale
- 8. C Ionian (major) C Aeolian (minor)
- 9. Pure (natural) Minor Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor
- 10. The melodic minor scale has traditionally occurred in ascending/descending form. These days, we tend to only use the ascending form with the b3, natural 6 & 7, when going up and down Melodic minor (ascending)
- 11. Similarities All minor scales contain the same first 5 scale degrees. The degrees which change between scales are the 6th and the 7th
- 13. Bonus The major pentatonic scale is a five note scale containing the 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 from the Major scale. It does not contain any half steps