Scale Surgery
This is the specific formula of Whole and Half steps used to build any Major scale.
What is W-W-H-W-W-W-H
This type of minor scale uses the exact same notes as its Relative Major "neighbor."
What is Natural Minor
This is the Relative Minor of C Major
What is A Minor
A Power Chord consists of the Root and this "neutral" interval.
What is a Perfect 5th
A singer says the song is "too depressing." You decide to change the Natural Minor scale to its Relative Major. If the song was in A Minor, what "Happy" key are you moving to
What is C Major?
n the Major scale formula, these are the two pairs of scale degrees where the Half-Steps occur.
What are 3 & 4 and 7 & 8
This "spooky" minor scale raises the 7th note to create a "magnetic pull" back to the home note.
What is Harmonic Minor
To find the Relative Minor on the Circle of 5ths, you look at the letter on the Inside or Outside of the circle
What is the Inside
To build a triad from a scale, you start on the Root and use this "skipping" formula
What is 1-3-5?
You’re building a D Major scale, but your keyboard’s "Black Keys" are broken. Which note of the $WWHWWWH$ formula will you be unable to play correctly first
What is the 3rd? (F#)
If you start on D and follow the formula, you must add these two sharps to keep the steps correct.
What are F# and C#
This "mood-swing" scale raises the 6th and 7th notes on the way up, but lowers them on the way down.
What is Melodic Minor
This Major key is the "Secret Partner" (Relative Major) to E Minor.
What is G Major
If you stack a Major 3rd (4 steps) and then a Minor 3rd (3 steps), you get this type of chord.
What is a Major Chord
You’re writing a melody and want the "smallest jump possible" between two notes. On your whiteboards, draw the two Natural notes (no sharps/flats) that are already a half-step apart in the key of C Major
E & F or B & C
o turn a Major scale into a Natural Minor, you must lower these three scale degrees by a half-step
What are the 3rd, 6th, and 7th
This is the name for the massive "gap" (Interval) created between the 6th and 7th notes in a Harmonic Minor scale.
What is an Augmented 2nd? (Accept "The Spooky Gap")
Relative keys are like families because they share the exact same what
What is a Key Signature (or the same notes)
This Roman Numeral represents the "Sad Relative" chord—the 6th chord in any Major scale.
What is vi (minor six)
You have a Natural Minor scale, but it’s not "evil" enough for a movie scene. You decide to raise the 7th note to create a "Spooky Gap." Which type of Minor did you just create
what is Harmonic Minor
Starting on F, if you follow the $WWHWWWH$ formula, this is the only flat you need to add.
What is Bb?
If you are in A Harmonic Minor, this is the specific note you must raise one half step.
What is G#
If a song has two flats (Bb and Eb), these are the two possible keys it could be in.
What are Bb Major and G Minor
In the key of C Major, if you build a chord starting on B, you get this "clashing" chord type.
What is Diminished
You are playing a scale and you reach the 7th note. If you are in Natural Minor, do you have a "Leading Tone" (half-step) to pull you home, or are you "stuck" a whole-step away
What is a Whole-Step away? (No Leading Tone)