Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

“Galop” by Offenbach transposed to E major

Theory Trainer

Exercise 6bIdentify tonic or dominant by ear after hearing a major scale.

Enharmonic Scales—Major Keys

Six scales form three pairs of enharmonicscales, scales that sound the same but are written either with sharps
or with flats (never both sharps and flats.) The six enharmonic keys are B and Cb, F#and Gb,and C#and Db.

Exercise 7

Draw an Xon the keys corresponding to the pitches of the scales drawn below.

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3. 4.

MAJOR SCALE

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