History of Rock Flashcards
Music Primer and History
To find relative major:
Start with root in minor and go up three semitones.
To find relative minor:
Start with root note in major and go down 3 semitones.
Relative major and minor scales ________ a key signature.
Share
Natural minor starts on the ___th note of a major scale.
6th
Harmonic minor raises ____th note a semitone.
7th
Sharp and flat order mnemonic.
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle - reverse for flats.
F,C (line),G,D,A,E,B - Number of sharps: 6,7 (line after C),1,2,3,4,5,
Line after C. Count from one after that and loop back around.
Intervals define the space between two notes; starting with the _____ note in the interval. A-E is a 5th. 1-15.
first
A major interval is any 2nd, 3rd, 6th, or 7th where the upper note appears in the major scale of the _______ note.
Lower
A major interval that’s been made a seimtone smaller is known as ______, two semitones smaller is __________, and a semitone larger is _________.
minor, diminished, augmented
A perfect interval is any unison, fourth, fifth, or octave where the _______ note appears in the major scale of the ______ note.
Upper, Lower
A perfect interval that’s been made a semitone _______ smaller is known as diminished. If it’s been made a semitone _______, it’s augmented.
smaller, larger
To determine intervals where bottom note doesn’t have a scale, remove accidentals, determine interval, apply each accidental in sequence to see how it affects the interval. a sharp bottom note reduces the interval a semitone so a major becomes a minor; adding a flat to the top note makes it another semitone smaller so it then becomes diminished.
To invert an interval,
“Change the sign and add to nine.”
To determine mode,
Find root. Then use mnemonic “I don’t play loud music after lunch.”
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian.
