Understanding Major Scales

9-12/Music Production/Composition
 What are we doing today?

Learning Intention(s):

● The student will identify and define common musical symbols.

Success Criteria:

● I will be able to identify and define major scales.

 What are we doing today?

Essential Question:

● What are some pieces of music so well loved and others not?

Understanding:

● People can react in different ways to the same piece of music.

 Review

Music Form Time Signature

How many vocabulary
words to the right are Loops Binary Form Rhythm
you able to define? Audio Loop Clef Tempo
Type in the chatbox Midi Loop Grand Staff Chords
the number you can
Melody Treble Clef Chord Progression
define.
Harmony Bass Clef Punching in
Piano Note names
 The music staff and clef refresher

The music staff is a set of 5 lines and 4 spaces that holds musical notation.

The treble clef and bass clef together is called the grand staff.
The rhythm tree (simple)
 Whole steps and Half Steps

Musical scales are made of of a combination of whole steps and half steps

Half steps are notes that lie directly next to one another.

2 half steps make up a whole step

Whole steps are every other note.

Half Steps
Whole Steps
 The Major Scale

W W H W W W H
 Understanding Major Scales

With this information and the handout provided on Google Classroom, we can
create all the major scales knowing this pattern.

Now, I will walk you through the Major Scale assignment I’ve uploaded to your
classroom.
 Connect/do

For your assignment this week, we will create 7 different major scales, 3 of which
you have already experienced (C, F, and G)

Instructions are included on the Google Classroom assignment.

I will hear everyone individually in breakout rooms on Tuesday.

 Extend your learning

Extended research: How many of the past Grammy awards “Song of the year”
have been in AB form? Submit your answer through a creative flipgrid.