mAJOR Scales

What is a major scale?

• A scale with only three notes that uses half steps only

• A scale with twelve notes that uses whole steps only

• A scale used in jazz music that uses 2-tone steps

• A scale with 8 notes that uses half and whole steps

What is the formula to make a major scale?

• whole, whole, whole, half, half, half, half
• whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half
• whole, half, whole, half, whole, half, whole
• half, half, whole, half, half, whole, whole

What is a key signature in music?

• A key signature in music indicates the key of the piece and the notes that are sharped or flatted throughout the piece.
• A key signature in music indicates the volume of the piece
• A key signature in music indicates the tempo of the piece
• A key signature in music indicates the time signature of the piece

Name on way to identify the key of the song that you are to play?

• Look at the key signature next to the clef

• Ask the audience for the key
• Look at the length of the song
• Count the number of instruments in the song

What is another way to identify the key signature of a song?

• Referring to the chart

• Looking through the scale and identifying the sharps or flats

• Looking through a song and doing roman numeral analysis

• none of the above

How many scales have we worked with lately?

• 5

• 8

• 9

• 4

Which music clef have we been working with?

• bass

• tenor

• c clef

• treble

Can the key signature change in the middle of a song?

• Only on Sundays
• Yes
• No
• Maybe

What is a whole step in music?

• Equivalent to two half steps; distance between 2 white or 2 black keys

• Equivalent to one half step; distance between 1 key and the next

• Equivalent to three half steps; the distance between three keys

• Equivalent to four half steps; the distance between 4 keys

What is a half step?

• the distance between one key and the next uo

• the distance between one white key and the next

• the distance between octaves

• none of the above