Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

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


4. Track 58—Sing the blues.


5. 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