Major Scales

What scale do these letters in this order represent?

C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C

• the order of sharps

• the order of flats

• the C Major scale

• the average choir student's grades

People tend to hear major scales as sounding...

• "happy" or "bright"

• "dark" or "gloomy"

• "windy" or "cold"

• "scared" or "worried"

What does the term interval in music refers to?

• the distance between two pitches

• how many beats a note receives

• very important

• jello-like

Scales are built by adding notes at specific ___________ above the ___________ note of the scale

• kittens, baby

• places, first

• rhythms, whole

• intervals, tonic

The note that sounds like the home note in a song is called the

• bottom note

• tonic

• scale

• melody

Most songs use notes within a particular scale which is

• a collection of notes in order from low to high.

• that white stuff on the bathroom sink

• the skin of a fish

• what I use to weight myself.

Words that describe how most people hear minor scales.

• sad, dark,

• crazy, weird

• energetic, spontaneous

• goofy, dorky

To show that you play the black key to the left of the white key on the piano we use a symbol that looks like a squished b next to the letter name of the note. This is called a ______________________ .

• puncture

• bee

• sharp sign

• flat sign

In music, this sign "#" is a ________________ and it means that you play the black key on the piano that is to the ____________ of the letter name of the note.

• hashtag, right

• sharp, right

• hashtag, left

• sharp, left

By what interval do sharp signs "#" and flat signs "b" raise or lower pitches?

• half step

• whole step

• major 3rd

• minor 3rd