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group of notes the composer decided to use.
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Minuet
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let’s first remove all the duplicate notes, regardless of which octave they’re in.
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next, let’s put the notes
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in alphabetical order,
starting on the note
that the melody sounded
like it was centering on.
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what we end up with
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there are actually many
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is the “palette” for different types of scales,
this particular piece... each with a different pattern
of whole steps and
half steps.
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half steps occur between
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steps three and four and between steps seven and eight
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(or between seven and one, since eight and one are the
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same note), is called the major scale.
knowing this formula, you can create a major scale on any note!
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&œ œ œ bœ œ œ & bœ bœ œ bœ bœ bœ œ bœ
the f major scale the d flat major scale
but remember...
with
bœ œ bœ
great power
& #œ #œ œ & bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
the b major scale the g flat major scale comes great
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