theory (2) Flashcards
pentatonic major scale
drmsld
pentatonic minor scale
ldrmsl
note name of pentatonic scale
starting note NOT do (bc minor starts on lah)
key signatures of pentatonics
- key sigs of maj/minor (use relative major)
- write even if accidental not occur in scale
blues scale
ldr mo mi sl
blues scale key sig
think minor (go to relative major)
formation of blues scale
b3 (m3 from l to d)
b5 (d5 from l to mo)
b7 (m7 from l to s)
modes rhyme
I - Ionian
Don’t - Dorian
Play - Phrygian
Loud - Lydian
Music - Mixolydian
After - Aeolian
Lunch - :Locrian
how to use modes rhyme
pos in rhyme shows which degree of the scale it is starting on
descending melodic minor
don’t write in regained flats
a scale that is often forgotten :(
whole tone scale
rhythm scales
choose any, doesn’t have to be even
irregular time signatures
5/8
5/4 - 3-2
7/8
7/4 - 3-4
inversion
same intervals in opposite direction FROM FIRST NOTE not second
diminution
half note values