CHROMATIC SCALES
Chromatic scale are made purely up of semitones and contains all 12 notes in the octave
WHOLE TONE SCALES
-Made up of whole steps
-Feeling of restlessness
-Used in modern music (Debussy)
-Can begin on any note, but is based on 2 forms
-Any note can be tonic
-Feeling of restlessness
-Used in modern music (Debussy)
-Can begin on any note, but is based on 2 forms
-Any note can be tonic
BLUES SCALE
-African-American genre
-Certain notes lowered
-Compared to major scale, there are 3 differences:
1.The 2nd and 6th degree are missing
2.3rd, 5th, and 7th are lowered by a semitone
3.5th degree occurs twice (once altered and once unaltered)
-Certain notes lowered
-Compared to major scale, there are 3 differences:
1.The 2nd and 6th degree are missing
2.3rd, 5th, and 7th are lowered by a semitone
3.5th degree occurs twice (once altered and once unaltered)
PENTATONIC SCALE
-Consists of 5 notes
-One of oldest scales
-Found as early as 2000 B.C. and is common in folk music
-Used sometimes in modern era
-Can be formed by removing the 4th and 7th degrees of a major scale
-One of oldest scales
-Found as early as 2000 B.C. and is common in folk music
-Used sometimes in modern era
-Can be formed by removing the 4th and 7th degrees of a major scale
OCTATONIC SCALE
-8 note scale
-Tones and semitones alternating
-Used in music of composers such as Stravinsky
-Only three transpositions of the octatonic scale are possible (C, C#, D)
-Tones and semitones alternating
-Used in music of composers such as Stravinsky
-Only three transpositions of the octatonic scale are possible (C, C#, D)
MODES
-used in Medieval era
-Used in Gregorian chants
-They are basically major scales except that they start on a certain degree
1) Ionian
2) Dorian
3) Phrygian
4) Lydian
5) Mixolydian
6) Aeolian
7) Locrian
-Used in Gregorian chants
-They are basically major scales except that they start on a certain degree
1) Ionian
2) Dorian
3) Phrygian
4) Lydian
5) Mixolydian
6) Aeolian
7) Locrian