🎹 Lesson 6.1 Building Major Scales

The _ _ _ _ _ scale is the most common scale in our Western music.

(a)  

What is a scale in music?

• A selection of certain notes within an octave

• A type of musical instrument

• A method of tuning a piano

• A way to write music notes

Which note do we start on to build a C major scale?

• F

• E

• D

• C

Why can't we have two notes on the same line or space in a scale?

(Select the BEST answer based on the video.)

• It makes the scale sound bad

• It is against the rules of music

• There must be a note on every line or space

• It is too difficult to play

True or False: Key signatures come from the notes in the scale that a song is built on.

• True

• False

What key signature indicates the D major scale?

• Three flats

• Two flats

• Three sharps

• Two sharps