Theory Flashcards
Dmin
D - F - A
Ab -△7
Ab - Bb - B (Cb) - Db - Eb - F - G
Melodic Minor
Ab - B (Cb) - Eb - G
D Major Scale
b5 in the key of F
B
C7sus4
A - F - G - Bb
What notes in A major are natural
DAEB
A has three sharps
FCG DAEB
Flat 3 in the key of Eb
F#
Eb6
Eb - G - Bb - C
C6 (Piano)
A Sharp Blues
4 in the key of F
Bb
Esus4
E - A - B
5 in the key of F
C
C#-△7
C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B# (= C) - C#
Melodic Minor
C# - E - G# - B# (= C)
C#sus2
C# - D# - G#
Eb -△7
Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - D
Melodic Minor
Eb - Gb - Bb - D
What key has 7 flats
Cb
- F
- Bb
- Eb
- Ab
- Db
- Gb
- Cb
- G
- D
- A
- E
- B
- F#
- C#
Bb -△7
Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - A
Melodic Minor
Bb - Db - F - A
C natural minor
Use relative minor - 6th degree → Bb
What notes in Db are natural?
FC
Db has 5 flats
BEADG CF
b5 in the key of C
F#/Gb
Eb aug7
Eb - G - B - Db
aug = #5
Eb7+ or Eb7+4+5
built on the whole tone scale
Eb - F - G - A - B - Db
Ebmin
Eb - Gb - Bb
F-7
F - Ab - C - Eb
E-7
E - G - B - D
Db Major Scale
6 Flats - BEADGC
What notes in B major are natural
B E
B has 5 sharps
FCGDA EB
E7
E7 - E Mixolydian / Dominant
What key has three flats
Eb
- F
- Bb
- Eb
- Ab
- Db
- Gb
- Cb
- G
- D
- A
- E
- B
- F#
- C#
What notes in F# major are natural?
Only B
F# has 6 sharps
FCGDAE B
A Major Scale
D6
D - F# - A - B
Flat 3 in the key of D
F
C Blues Scale
Eb Major Scale
G Blues Scale
b5 in the key of Eb
A
Daug7
D - F# - A# - C
aug = #5
Daug7 = D7 + #5
also written D7+5
or D7+ or D7+4+5
Built on whole tone scale
5 in the key of C
G
Emaj
E - G# - B
Eaug
E - G# - B#
aug = #5
Daug or D+
D6 start on 5 (Piano)
What is the order of flat keys from 1-7
- F
- Bb
- Eb
- Ab
- Db
- Gb
- Cb
A Blues Scale
C#sus4
C# - F# - G#
A suspended chord (sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second, although the fourth is far more common.
C6 start on 3 (Piano)
4 in the key of C
F
5 in the key of F#
C#
Cdim (Cº)
C D Eb F Gb Ab A B C
C - Eb - Gb - A (Bbb)
C7 chord with 3, 5 and 7 flatted
Daug
D - F# - A#
augmented = #5
built on the whole tone scale
E - F# - G# - A# - C - E
What notes in Gb are natural?
Only F
Gb has 6 flats
BEADGC F
F6
F - A - C - D
4 in the key of D
G
4 in the key of G
C
What note is the natural minor
6th
5 in the key of E
B
A -△7
A - B - C - D - E - F# - G#
Melodic Minor
A - C - E - G#
5 in the key of G
D
C#6
C# - E# - G# - A#
Ionian
Major Mode
Ionian CDEFGABC
Dorian DEFGABCD
Phrygian EFGABCDE
Lydian FGABCDEF
Mixolydian GABCDEFG
Aeolian ABCDEFGA
Locrian BCDEFGAB
C# Blues Scale
4 in the key of Bb
Eb
4 in the key of C#
F#
D -△7
D - E - F - G - A - B - C# - D
Melodic Minor
D - F - A - C#
C7 (Piano)
D7
D - F# - A - C
b5 in the key of Ab
Eb
Flat 3 in the key of F#
A
C6 start on 5 (Piano)
Distance Between Notes in a Major Scale
W W H W W W H
Dorian
Starting on Second (6 is Color Tone)
Ionian CDEFGABC
Dorian DEFGABCD
PhrygianEFGABCDE
Lydian FGABCDEF
Mixolydian GABCDEFG
Aeolian ABCDEFGA
Locrian BCDEFGAB
Flat 3 in the key of Bb
C#
Gb -△7
Gb - Ab - A (Bbb) - Cb - Db - Eb - F
Melodic Minor
Gb - A (Bbb) - Db - F
What notes in E major are natural?
E A B
E has 4 sharps, F# G# C# D#
Order of sharps
FCGD AEB
C Whole Tone Scale
Only two whole tone scales
C - D - E - F# - G# - A#
C# - D# - F - G - A - B
C#aug
C# - E# - A
augmented fifth chord (raised 5)
C# - E# (F) - Gx (A)
built on whole tone scale
C# - D# - F - G - A
What key has 5 sharps
B
- G
- D
- A
- E
- B
- F#
- C#
- F
- Bb
- Eb
- Ab
- Db
- Gb
- Cb
Emaj7
E - G# - B - D#
Bb Blues Scale
E7
E - G# - B - D
5 in the key of Ab
Eb
Faug
F - A - C#
augmented is #5
play whole tone
F - G - A - B - C# - D#
F Major Scale
Ebm7
Eb - Gb - Bb - Db
What key has three sharps
A
- G
- D
- A
- E
- B
- F#
- C#
- F
- Bb
- Eb
- Ab
- Db
- Gb
- Cb
Flat 3 in the key of B
D
C6 Start on 6
F7
F - A - C - Eb
Fmaj
F - A - C
Csus2
C - D - G
A suspended chord (sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second, although the fourth is far more common.
B Major Scale
Ebmaj
Eb - G - Bb
Blues Scale
1 - b3 - 4 - b5 - 5 - b7 - 1
D6 (Piano)
Fsus4
F - Bb - C
Dmin7
D - F - A - C
G Major Scale
What scale degree is 12 equivalent to?
5
9-2
10-3
11-4
12-5
13-6
Dmaj
D - F# - A
1 - b3 - 4 - b5 - 5 - b7 - 1
Blues Scale
Dsus2
D - E - A
A suspended chord (sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second, although the fourth is far more common.
Db Major (Piano)
Fmaj7
F - A - C - E
D7sus4
D - G - A - C
A suspended chord (sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second, although the fourth is far more common.
4 in the key of Ab
Db
What key has one flat
F
- F
- Bb
- Eb
- Ab
- Db
- Gb
- Cb
- G
- D
- A
- E
- B
- F#
- C#