- To establish the pattern of tones & semitones in any major scale.
- To investigate melodic patterns within a major scale, shifting the patterns from one major scale to another in order to transpose the melodies between major keys.
- To establish the order of major, minor & diminished triads within any major scale.
- To investigate how chord sequences (patterns of triads within a major scale) can be transposed between different major keys.
In this lesson you will construct major scales in various keys using the following pattern of intervals between notes of the scale (T, T, ST, T, T, T, ST). We will play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' in various major keys using the melodic pattern; 1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1.
We will examine the pattern of triads formed from each note of the major scale in order (C major example provided);
Note 1 (C) = major triad (C Major) Chord I
Note 2 (D) = minor triad (D Minor) Chord II
Note 3 (E) = minor triad (E Minor) Chord III
Note 4 (F) = major triad (F Major) Chord IV
Note 5 (G) = major triad (G Major) Chord V
Note 6 (A) = minor triad (A Minor) Chord VI
Note 7 (B) = diminished triad (B Diminished) Chord VII
Note 8 (C) = major triad (C Major) Chord I again (Back to the beginning)
We will then take a tune (Let It Be) with the following harmonic chord sequence; Chord I, V, VI, IV, I, V, IV, C, and transpose it between various major keys by shifting the pattern of triads/chords to a new major scale each time (seeing which one is the easiest for Kev to sing in!)
Homework
- Complete the Yesterday task (neaten it up, but don't try to export it as divshare is still blocked)
- Complete the Angels task (but don't export the audio file from Logic as divshare is still blocked)
- Complete the major scale and chord identification task presented in the lesson flipchart.
