Major & Minor Scales - Guitar

Major & Minor Scales

​open up your google classroom and find this quizizz lesson. It should be under the "Final" tab.

Open Ended

Read the question in the image and try to give the best guidance for the relationship between Major and Minor scales.

(hint: MUSIC IS REPETIVIE)

a linear succession of musical tones/notes that the listener perceives.

Melody

the representation of a musical sound

Note

Music Terminology

A chord is a combination of three or more notes. Chords are built off of a single note, called the root.

Chord

a system of functionally related chords deriving from the major and minor scales, with a central note, called the tonic (or keynote)

Key

Music Terminology

A term used when there are exactly 2 semitones beteween any 2 given notes.

Full Step

the distance between one note & the note immediatly next to it. Sometimes refered to as a Half Step.

Semitone

Music Terminology

Full Step

Semitone

Music Terminology

How does a key signature work?

​Keys are made up of 7 notes including the tonic root

Even though there are a total of 12 main notes (7 natural, 5 accidentals) any given key can only contain a combination of 7 of those notes. There are major keys and minor keys.

How does a key signature work?

the key of C contains no accientals.

count the number of semitones/half steps from one note to the other starting at C

Match

Match the following number of semitones with the correct notes

• C to B

• C to E

• C to F

• C to G

• C to A

11

4

5

7

9

• 11

• 4

• 5

• 7

• 9

How does a key signature work?

now apply that to the guitar neck. Keep in mind, EVERY FRET IS A SEMITONE!

use the worksheet provided.

How does a key signature work?

ALL MAJOR KEYS FOLLOW THIS PATTERN!!!

​we can also express it like this and start at any natural or accidental we wish to find

Reorder

Reorder the following from "First" to "Fifth" for the Key of A

• A

• B

• C#

• D

• E

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

How does a key signature work?

​Minor keys have a slightly different pattern

The pattern also applies to ALL minor keys:

​For example: the A minor scale using the pattern above

​Use the second blank fretboard on your worksheet to mark all the notes used by the A minor scale

Open Ended

Take a close look at your fretboard worksheet, what does the Major Key of C and the Minor Key of A have in common?

Open Ended

What is "A" in relation to the Major Key of C?

Open Ended

What is "C" in relation to the Minor Key of A?

Open Ended

Read the question in the image and try to give the best guidance for the relationship between Major and Minor scales.

(hint: MUSIC IS REPETIVIE)