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The Circle of Fifths Chart
The Circle of Fifths Chart The circle of fifths is a reference chart that summarizes the relationship between major and minor scales and displays all the key signatures into one easy to understand diagram. The outside are the major keys in uppercase letters. Each major key is associated with a relative minor key in lowercase…
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Key Signatures
The clef is the first symbol on the staff. After the clef, there is the key signature. Key Signatures The key signatures are the sharps or flats found in a particular music scale key. For example, the key of G major scale [G – A – B – C – D – E – F♯ –…
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How to build a Natural Minor Scale?
There are three kinds of minor scales: Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, and Melodic Minor scales. We will learn how to build natural minor scales here. Natural Minor Scales The natural minor scale has the following scale formula:W – H – W – W – H – W – W H = half stepW = whole…
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How to build a Major Scale?
Here we will learn how to build major scales. Remember, a half step ( H ) is the distance between two adjacent keys on a piano keyboard, and it is the smallest musical interval in music. A whole step ( W ) is the distance equal to two half steps. Use the following major scale…
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Relative Minor Scales
Relative Minor Scales Each major key has a relative minor key. The sixth note of each major scale is the root note of the relative minor scale. For example, the notes of C major scale are:C D E F G A B C The sixth note of C major scale is A. A is the…
Piano Music Theory 