This scale degree is the fifth note in a scale.
What is the Dominant?
This scale is built entirely of half steps (semitones).
What is a Chromatic scale?
This note contains four beats.
Listen to the example. It sounds like the Simpsons (or Maria from West Side Story).
What is a Tritone (A4)?
The lines of this clef are: Every Good Boy Does Fine.
What is Treble Clef?
This scale degree is the seventh note of a scale.
What is the Leading Tone?
This scale is built from a combination of whole steps and half steps.
What is a Diatonic scale?
This note contains one beat.
What is a Quarter note?
Listen to the example. It sounds like Star Wars.
What is a Perfect Fifth (P5)?
The lines of this clef are: Good Boys Do Fine Always.
What is Bass Clef?
This scale degree is the third note of a scale.
What is the Mediant?
This scale lowers the mediant and submediant, while raising the leading tone (listen to the example).
What is a Harmonic Minor scale?
This note contains one half of one beat.
What is an Eighth note?
Listen to the example. It sounds like a wedding.
What is a Perfect Fourth (P4)?
This scale degree is the fourth note of a scale.
What is the Subdominant?
This scale lowers the mediant, while raising the submediant and leading tone while ascending (listen to the example).
What is a Melodic Minor scale?
This note contains two beats.
What is a Half note?
Listen to the example. It sounds like Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
What is a Perfect Octave (P8)?
This scale degree is the second note of a scale.
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What is a Major scale?
This note contains one fourth of one beat.
What is a Sixteenth note?
Listen to the example. It sounds like NBC (John Williams uses this interval as well).
What is a Major Sixth (M6)?