Major Scale on a Score
Lesson 5 from: Music Theory Essentials: Chords, Scales and ModesTomas George
Major Scale on a Score
Lesson 5 from: Music Theory Essentials: Chords, Scales and ModesTomas George
Lesson Info
5. Major Scale on a Score
Lessons
Scales Introduction
03:08 2Working out a Major Scale
06:45 3Working out a Major Key from a Melody
05:51 4Major Keys and Scales
01:54 5Major Scale on a Score
02:56 6Triads
03:37 7Inversions
03:21 8Working out the Chords in a Major Scale
09:27Different Ways to Write out Chords
04:11 10Working out Major and Minor Triads
07:01 11Diminished and Augmented Triads
05:22 127th Chords
12:16 13Extended Chords
06:34 14Suspended Chords
06:02 15The Circle of 5ths
12:48 16How to Change Key
14:54 17Natural Minor Scale
11:21 18Chords in the Minor Scale
05:59 19Harmonic Minor Scale
07:15 20Melodic Minor Scale
11:12 21Modes
03:54 22Ionian Mode
00:47 23Dorian Mode
03:14 24Phrygian Mode
03:14 25Lydian Mode
01:21 26Mixolydian Mode
02:11 27Aeolian Mode
01:03 28Locrian Mode
03:56 29Section introduction
00:17 30Song Analysis 1 - Capsize
15:25 31Song Analysis 2 - Floating
18:07Lesson Info
Major Scale on a Score
OK. Now we're going to have a look at a one octave major scale in C major, ascending and descending. So basically going up and then going down. So we're starting on middle C here, which is just a line below the first line on the stuff here. And remember the pattern from before tt ST tt s. So tone tone semitone, tone tone tone semitone. So if we start on C, remember a tone up from here, we just count 212 will give us D which is D here, then a tone up from D 12 will give us E the semitone, remember tone tone semitone. So one will give us f the tone up from F 12 will give us G tone up from G, remember tone tone semitone, tone tone tone semitone. Well, give us a, another tone, give us B so it's A and B and then it's just a semi to from here, we'll give AC, so that's just one octave up in C major and then we feel the same but going down. So it's just ac major scale really simple. OK. Let's now have a look at a different scale F major. So it's the same pattern as before. It's quite similar t...
o C major. Apart from this note here, which is a B flat. Remember this sign here means a flat. So we have a B flat. So it's just tone tone semitone, tone tone tone semitone. So a tone up from F is G A tone up from G, there's a, a semitone from A will give us this one here, this B flat and then a tone up from here 12 will give us ac tone up again, will give us ad tone up from D will give us this E and then Semi Toone. Give us this F at the end. That's just an F major sending and descending skip. Remember it's the other way around for descending. So descending, the pattern will be semitone tone tone tone, semitone tone tone. But it's easier just to remember tone tone, semitone tone tone, tone, semitone descending is backwards. But that's another pattern that you don't really need to remember right now. Just remember TT ST TT S. So I thought I'd show you this on the score editor as well in case you're more comfortable with the score editor rather than the piano roll editor. I think it's a good idea to learn both. So I'd say it's important to use this piano roll editor for digital audio workstations like Ableton Live. However, I do think it's important to learn the score editor also, especially if you're working with maybe jazz musicians or classical musicians who are used to reading and working with sheet music. So thank you for watching this lecture just about working at a major scale and looking at it on the score.
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