Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

MODULE 9

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72. “Moonlight” Sonata in C sharp minor (L.v. Beethoven)


73. “Die Forelle” (“The Trout”) in D flat major (F. Schubert)


74. “El Choclo” (Tango Criolla) in D minor (A. Villaldo)

Relative Major and Minor Key Signatures

Major and minor keys that share the same key signature are called relative keys.Neither C major nor A minor
has any sharps or flats in the key signature; they are relative keys. Because the notes of each scale are the same
but the scales begin with different tonic notes, the half step and whole step arrangement for each scale will not
be the same.
Cmajor

Aminor

The distance between the tonic notes of relative minor and major keys is three half steps. For example:

3 – 4 7 – 8

2 – 3 5 – 6

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