Major Scales
This pattern: W-W-H-W-W-W-H makes up which type of scale
What is the major scale?
This is the key signature with one sharp
What is G major?
This is the amount of notes that make up a triad
What is three?
The only Major tonic chord is built on this scale degree (number)
What is 1?
This is the most common chord progression in Western music
What is I-IV-V-I
This is the number of notes in the major scale
What is seven?
This is the key signature with one flat
What is F Major?
This is the structure of notes used to build a triad
What is stacked thirds?
The major dominant chord is built on this scale degree
What is 5?
This is the role of the tonic function
What is to feel like home?
The scales with no sharps or flats
What is the C Major scale
This is the mnemonic device used to remember the order of the flats
What is BEADGCF?
This is the amount of half steps between the first and second note of a major triad
What is three?
The predominant function chord in the key of C Major that is built on the fourth scale degree
What is F Major?
This is the role of the predominant function
What is to transition from tonic to dominant?
The fifth note of the G major scale
What is D
this is the key signature that has three flats
What is Eb Major?
these are the three qualities of triads that we discussed in class
What are Major, Minor, and Diminished
Typically, this chord function most strongly leads to the tonic
What is dominant?
The role of the dominant function is to do this
What is create tension?
This four letter word is what we call the first note of any major scale
What is the root?
These are the three sharps in the key of A Major
What are F, C and G?
The quality of a triad build on the seventh note of the scale
What is diminished?
In a major key, this is the quality of the chord on the second scale degree and its typical function
What is minor and predominant?
This is the tonic chord that composers use to move from a major key to a minor key