Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

6. “The Sound of Music” (O. Hammerstein II, R. Rodgers)

Key: ________________________ (If in minor, state the form of minor.)

7. Fugue (Well Tempered Clavier,Book II, BWV 877) (J.S. Bach)

Key: ________________________ (If in minor, state the form of minor.)

Scale Degree Names in Minor

Each of the seven notes of a minor scale is given a scale degree name. In the harmonic and melodic minor forms,
the scale degree names are the same as for the major scale. For the natural minor, the seventh note is a whole
step below the tonic and therefore is called the subtonic.
Following are the scale degree names for the A natural minor. Notice: only the seventh scale degree is
changed from those in a major scale. (Review Module 6.)

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Workbook Exercises 9.8 and 9.9