Major Scales
The scale with no flats or sharps
What is C Major?
The extra note added to a minor pentatonic scale to create the blues scale.
What is the flat fifth (♭5)?
The number of beats in each measure in 4/4 time.
What is four?
The name of the symbol for a note that lasts one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
The interval between two notes that are the same pitch.
What is a unison?
The specific pattern of whole and half steps used to create a major scale.
What is whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half?
The total number of notes in a standard blues scale.
What is six?
In a time signature, this number tells you the type of note that gets one beat.
What is the bottom number?
The name of the symbol for a note that lasts half a beat in 4/4 time.
What is an eighth note?
The interval consisting of two half steps (one whole step).
What is a major second?
The major scale that contains one sharp in its key signature.
What is G major?
The chord type most commonly used as the I, IV, and V chords in a 12-bar blues progression.
What is a dominant seventh chord?
The time signature often called “cut time.”
What is 2/2?
The musical symbol for a note that lasts four beats in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
The interval spanning seven half steps, known as a perfect fifth.
What is a perfect fifth?
The major scale with three flats in its key signature.
What is E-flat major?
The three chords, in Roman numeral form, that make up the standard 12-bar blues.
What are I7, IV7, and V7?
A time signature where each measure has three beats, and the quarter note gets one beat.
What is 3/4?
The note that is a perfect fifth above C.
What is G?
The interval one half step smaller than a perfect fifth.
What is a diminished fifth (or tritone)?
The major scale whose key signature has six sharps.
What is F-sharp major?
The term for sliding from a minor third to a major third in blues melodies and solos.
What is a blues bend or blue note?
The term for time signatures like 5/4 or 7/8 that have an irregular number of beats per measure.
What is an odd meter?
The symbol for a note that lasts one-and-a-half beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted quarter note?
The interval spanning an octave plus a major third (19 half steps).
What is a major tenth?