Musical Elements - scales and chords - Music Technology

A scale is... (select all the correct answers)

• A collection of notes that work well together

• When we play a tune

• The notes we use to build our chords & our melody from

• notes that determine the emotional feeling of the music (bright/ dark/ triumphant/ dramatic/ etc)

Major scales sound...

• Dark

• Clashing

• Bright

• Random

minor scales sound...

• Dark

• Clashing

• Bright

• Random

Another word for a melody is....

• A chord

• A tune

• Structure

• Tempo

A melody that uses the notes of the scale is called ....

• Atonal

• Diatonic

• Dissonant

• Chromatic

A melody that does not use the notes of a scale is called ....

• Atonal

• Diatonic

• Non diatonic

• Chromatic

Chords are ​ (a)   . We build chords using ​ (b)   . When we put different chords together we get a chord ​ (c)  

• when two or more notes are played together
• when notes are played fast
• when three or more notes are played together
• notes from the scale
• notes with gaps
• any notes we want
• progression
• loop
• stack

​ (a)   chords sound bright. ​ (b)   chords sound dark. ​ (c)   are chords with four notes and they sound jazzy. ​ (d)   chords are when we play the chords one note at a time. ​

• Major
• minor
• 7th chords
• Arpeggiated
• Big
• High
• Low

Intervals are...

• How long notes take

• The gap between notes

• When notes are played loudly

• When notes are played fast.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Intervals

,

(b) Types of chord

,

(c) Types of structure & form

• Rondo

• Unison

• Perfect 5th

• Binary form

• Diminished

• Song form

• octave

• 7th

• 4th

• Arch form

• 6th

• minor

• minor 3rd

• Major

• 2nd

• Dominant 7th

• Ternary form

• Major 3rd