Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. Track 57—Sing the descending chromatic scale. Use the second line as a pronunciation guide.

  2. Track 58—Sing the blues.

  3. Track 59—Sing two Japanese pentatonic scales.


TRACKS 55–59

Listen, then sing: each of the exercises above will be played twice at a slow tempo. Listen first, then sing
the second time.

Whole Steps


Two adjacent half steps comprise a whole step. On the keyboard, skip one key between two notes to create a
whole step. Whole steps may be illustrated on the keyboard as a white key to a white key (W–W), black key to
a black key (B–B), white to black (W–B), or black to white (B–W). For example:


97


ACCIDENTALS

X X

White to White

X X

Black to Black White to Black or Black to White

X X


X X


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8 7 __________ 6 _________ 5 __________ 4 3 __________ 2 __________ 1
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