Scales in music

A SCALE IS A SEQUENCE OF SMALL INTERVALS - IN WESTERN MUSIC,

THOSE INTERVALS ARE USUALLY TONES (WHOLE STEPS) AND SEMI-
TONES (HALF STEPS). TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC SCALE, YOU NEED TO
KNOW ITS UNIQUE SEQUENCE OF INTERVALS. SCALES BASED ON THE
DIATONIC SCALE WILL ALWAYS CONSIST OF 5 TONES AND 2 SEMI-
TONES.
IN MUSIC THEORY, A SCALE IS ANY SET OF MUSICAL NOTES ORDERED
BY FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OR PITCH. A SCALE ORDERED BY
INCREASING PITCH IS AN ASCENDING SCALE, AND A SCALE ORDERED
BY DECREASING PITCH IS A DESCENDING SCALE. WIKIPEDIA
Who invented scales in music?

 Pythagoras
 Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 500 BC), for instance was interested in how music worked
and he was probably the first to look into the numerical relationships
between music intervals (that an octave is made up of a fourth and a fifth). Plus,
the Greeks invented the idea of a tetrachord – four notes of a scale.Mar 17, 2018
What is a degree of scale in music?

In music theory, the term scale degree refers to the position of a particular note on

a scale relative to the tonic, the first and main note of the scale from which each
octave is assumed to begin. Degrees are useful for indicating the size of intervals and
chords and whether they are major or minor.
Degree of a C major scale

 I Tonic C
 II Supertonic D
 III Mediant E
 IV SubdominantF
 V Dominant G
 VI Submediant A
 VII Leading Note B
 VIII Upper tonic C
Piano Keyboard
Ascending scales
C Major
G Major
G Major
D Major
F Major
Pattern of a Major scale

W W H W W W H
T T S TTT S
 Soprano: the highest female voice, being able to sing C4 (middle C) to C6 (high C), and possibly higher.
 Mezzo-soprano: a female voice between A3 (A below middle C) and A5 (2nd A above middle C).
 Contralto: the lowest female voice, F3 (F below middle C) to E5 (2nd E above Middle C). Rare contraltos possess a range similar to
the tenor.
 Tenor: the highest male voice, B2 (second B below middle C) to A4 (A above middle C), and possibly higher.
 Baritone: a male voice, G2 (two Gs below middle C) to F4 (F above middle C).
 Bass: the lowest male voice, E2 (two Es below middle C) to E4 (the E above middle C).
 Some men, in falsetto voice or as a result of certain rare physiological conditions, can sing in the same range as women. These do not
fall into the female categories, instead called countertenors within classical music. Within contemporary music, however, the use of
the term tenor for these male voices would be more appropriate.[2]

 Within choral music there are only four categories for adult singers. First, for women: soprano and alto, and for men: tenor and bass.
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 In the UK, the term "male alto" refers to a man who uses falsetto vocal production to sing in the alto section of a chorus. This
practice is much less common outside the UK where the term countertenor is more often applied. Countertenors are also widely
employed within opera as solo vocalists, though the term "male alto" is never used to refer to a solo vocalist.

 Children's voices, both male and female, are described as trebles, although boy soprano is widely used as well.[1]

 Male adolescent voices whose voices are changing are described as cambiatas or cambiati; it is considered nearly an adolescent
equivalent of the tenor voice.