HOW TO BUILD MUSIC SCALES

What is considered the basic building block of Western music?

• The half step

• The whole step

• The chromatic scale

• The major scale

What is the distance between any two adjacent keys on a keyboard called?

• A whole step

• A half step

• A scale step

• A natural step

How is a whole step on a keyboard defined?

• The distance between white keys

• The distance of three half steps

• The distance of one half step

• The distance of two half steps

What is unique about the notation of the chromatic scale on sheet music?

• It uses only flats

• It uses only sharps

• It uses sharps going up and flats coming down

• It is notated without sharps or flats

Which scale is constructed by moving up the keyboard by half steps?

• The natural minor scale

• The chromatic scale

• The harmonic minor scale

• The major scale

What pattern of whole and half steps constructs a major scale?

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

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

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

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

How can you construct any major scale on a keyboard?

• By following a pattern of half steps

• By starting on C natural only

• By starting on any note and using the major scale pattern

• By using only whole steps

What is the first step in constructing a B flat major scale?

• Starting on C natural

• Starting on B flat and following the scale pattern

• Going up a whole step

• Going up a half step

What pattern of steps is used to construct a natural minor scale?

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

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

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

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

How many different types of minor scales are mentioned?

• Two

• Three

• Five

• Four