Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

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Part II Review


  1. Can you alter the natural minor key signature to
    get a key signature for the harmonic minor
    scale?
    page 211

  2. How is a melodic minor scale different from the
    natural minor scale?
    page 212

  3. What’s the difference between a parallel minor
    scale and a relative minor scale?
    page 210

  4. What are the names of the modes?
    page 216

  5. Which mode became known as the major scale?
    page 216

  6. Which mode became known as the natural minor
    scale?
    page 218

  7. What is the starting note for the Dorian mode
    which uses the key of D Major?
    page 219
    21. No
    22. 6th and 7th
    degrees are
    raised a half step
    going up; lowered
    again going down
    23. Parallel minor
    scales start on the
    same note as the
    major but the key
    signature has 3
    extra flats.
    Relative minor
    scales begin on
    the 6th note of a
    Major scale and
    have the same
    key signature.
    24. Ionian, Dorian,
    Phrygian, Lydian,
    Mixolydian,
    Aeolian, Locrian
    25. Ionian
    26. Aeolian
    27. E

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