Class #9

 Scale degree names  Vocabulary  The Circle of Fifths  Major Key Signatures

 Presto  Largo  Mezzo  Moderato  Staccato

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 Begin with MAJOR “Tonic”  Count DOWN three minor 2nds (or, three half steps)  The resulting pitch is the relative minor “Tonic.”

 Begin with minor “Tonic”  Count UP three minor 2nds (or, three half steps)  The resulting pitch is the relative MAJOR “Tonic.”

1. Beginning with “Tonic” and ascending through the next “Tonic,” draw a one octave C Major scale and label each scale degree. Use the Bass/F clef. 2. Define the following terms: ◦ Presto ◦ Largo ◦ Mezzo ◦ Moderato ◦ Staccato

3. On both Treble/G clef and Bass/F clef, draw the seven sharps in the order in which they occur. 4. On both Treble/G clef and Bass/F clef, draw the seven flats in the order in which they occur. 5. Above each sharp and flat written for questions #3 and #4, write the name of the corresponding MAJOR key. 6. Under each sharp and flat written for questions #3 and #4, write the name of the corresponding minor key.

7. If no sharps or flats appear between the clef and the time signature, what is the Major and minor key? 8. What is the distance from “Tonic” in a Major key to “Tonic” in a minor key? 9. Two sharps appear in the key signature. What is the Major key? 10. Two flats appear in the key signature. What is the minor key?

 Extra Credit #1: ◦ What is the mnemonic device one could use to remember the order of the sharps?  Extra Credit #2: ◦ What is the mnemonic device one could use to remember the order of the flats?

Review

 Staff  Clefs  Note names  Keyboard layout  Ledger lines  Solfege syllables  Major scale  Natural minor scale  Time signatures

 Intervals  Triads  Inversions  Key signatures  Scale Degree names  Repeats  Vocabulary