MUAR 201 Textbook Notes

Pentatonic scale is the five-tone scale consisting of only black keys, in order
Whole tone scale is a scale consisting entirely of whole steps
The big C is known as 4/4 time
Beam notes that make up a beat together (two quarter notes) or beam in a way that
divides the measure in half (four quarter notes | four quarter notes)
Anacrusis = pickup beat
Chromatic semitone stays on the same line or space and modified with accidentals
Diatonic semitone half steps occupy neighbouring lines and spaces
Ionian, dorian, phyrgian, Lydian, mixolydian, Aeolian, locrian
1 tonic, 2 supertonic, 3 median, 4 subdominant, 5 dominant, 6 submedian, 7-
leading note, 8 tonic
Review key signatures
Compound meter beat is divided into three parts; usually notated with an 8 as the
bottom number in the meter signature
o Could look at beaming/grouping of the notes
Harmonic minor raised to the 7th
Natural minor no alterations
Melodic minor raised to the 6th and 7th