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1. Fill in the correct time signatures for each of these rhythms.

a)1/3

b)3/3
c) 2/3

d) 2/7

2. Compose four-bar rhythms using the following time signatures.

a)
b)

c)

d)
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3. Complete the following. 7/8 can consist of the following groupings of two and three:
A. 2 plus 3 plus 2
B. 2 plus 2 plus 3
C. 3 plus 2 plus 2

11/8 can consist of the following groupings of two and three. (Give four possible
different types of groupings.)
A. 2 plus 3 plus 3 plus 3
B. _2 plus 3 plus 3 plus 3
C. _3 plus 2 plus 3 plus 3

D. _3 plus 3 plus 3 plus 2

8/8 can consist of the following groupings of two and three:

A. 3 plus 3 plus 2
B. 2 plus 3 plus 3
C. _3 plus 2 plus 3

4. Compose and sequence a lead line using the following time signatures and keys. A. 7/8
in the key of C major.
B. 5/8 in the key of A natural minor.

C. 13/8 in the key of A harmonic minor.

5. Fill in the missing notes required to complete the following rhythms.

a)

b)

c)

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Exercises
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1. Fill in the missing words. The scale from which the notes of a key are selected has 12 notes
and is known as the chromatic scale. Any of these 12 notes can be taken to be the
prospective melody (or tonic) of a major or minor scale.
2. To construct a major scale upon any keynote, it is necessary to apply the formula:
tone
“whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.” half: b to c – Note that
you're back where you started at c.
3. Fill in the notes required to complete the following scales:
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C major: C ______ C, D, E, F, G, A,
and B
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D major: D ______ D, E, F♯, G, A, B,
and C♯n

F major: F ________ F, G, A, B♭, C, D,

and E n
Bb major: Bb ______ Bb, C, D, Eb, F,
G, A, Bb
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G major: G _______ G, A, B, C, D, E,
and F♯
4. Identify the following major key signatures:

a) C major

b) F major

c) D major
e) Bb Major

f) G major
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5. Fill in the missing words. To work out a relative minor key, count down ___Semi notes (or up
_ tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone notes) from the tonic of the
equivalent major key. The relative minor of the key of G is therefore ____E______ minor.
6. Write down the relative minor keys of the following major keys.
Major Key Relative Minor
C major _____A____________
___
F major _____D____________
___
G major _____E_____________
__
D major ______B___________
___
Bb major ______G___________
___
7. Fill in the notes required to complete the following triads.
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Key of Bb major, Chord ii, first inversion: _______________ _______________
__________iib_____

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Key of D natural minor, Chord III, root position: __IIIa_____________ _______________

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Key of F major, Chord VI, second inversion: ___IVc____________ _______________
_______________
n
Key of D major, Chord IV, root position: ___IVa____________ _______________
_______________ n
Key of G harmonic minor, Chord IV, root position: _iVa______________
_______________ _______________ n
Key of G major, Chord vi, first inversion: ______VIb_________ _______________
n
Key of E natural minor, Chord ii, root position: iioa____________

8. Correctly play from memory the following scales: G major, D major, F major,
Bb major. The correct fingering for each scale can be found in Appendix A, “Scales.”
9. Transpose the following major key three-chord progression (I, IV, V) into the required keys.
C major CEG FAC GBD
Bb major _FGC______________ __GEC_____________ ____DEF_________
__
D major __CAF_____________ ___BAD____________ _______FGH_____
___
F major ____DAB___________ ___FCG____________ ______BDG______
___