Week 6 Blogger

 Jonelle Cunningham

September 29, 2022

Lesson 5&6: Minor Scales and Diatonic Modes

Lecture Notes:

1. A Minor Scale can be defined as a diatonic scale having a semitone between the second and third degrees and of several intervallic arrangements above the fifth according to thefreedictionary.com

2. The Three forms of minor scale would be: 

• Harmonic minor-  a harmonic minor is a minor scale in which the seventh degree of that scale is raised by a half step in order to create a leading tone
• Natural Minor- is the most basic form of the minor scale as its pitches match the pitches of the relative major of the harmonic minor
• Melodic Minor- The Melodic Minor Scale is unique, when this scale is ascending the 6th and 7th pitches are raised and when descending the 6th and 7th are returned to its natural pitches. 

3. The parts of the minor scale Degrees are 

  Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, raised submedient, subtonic, leading tone,  and Tonic

4. Scale degrees 3,6, and 7 make the diffrence in sound between the major and minor keys

This video was particularly helpful because they gave me a definition of what a mode is why it is used and examples of the different modes in C major for clarity.

E Flat Modes Video

Correct E flat redone modes

 

The Song Above uses 2 modes ionian and dorian in minor key (week 5 Vidoe) Right hand is played

Minor  scales

Seventh scales

Week 4 Lesson 3

 Lesson 3: Major and Minor SCales??

Jonelle Cunningham

September 15, 2022

Lecture Notes:

• The purpose of Major and Minor key signatures is to have a variety of musical sund variation and to allow the music to NOT be limited
• The Circle of fifths is a relationship amoung the 12 tones and thier key signatures as well as the associated major and minor keys
• The term diatiic means "one melody" is being played
• Relative keys have the diffrent tonics but share the same key signatures

Examples of different key signatures

G Major Scale Descending

B

The above is the circle of fifths which is a way musicians are able to observe the relative major and minor keys. the 12 notes are in a chromatic scale and they are each a fifth apart.

Helpful Videos

 The previous video explains the pentatonic scale. I was able to understand because I saw close up visually  and audibly how 1,2,3,5,6 are apart of this scale.

Major scales are defined in the video

This video explains the different key signatures and why they are important  by giving a clear definition and visual examples and getting straight to the point.

Video Insert

https://youtu.be/4k1On1R3mQA

The previous vidoe shows  the scale in patterns in parts (Not the whole scale) in the key of g major in the right hand.

Sheet music for video below

Minuet in G

Lesson 2

 Jonelle Cunningham

September 9, 2022

Lesson 2: Simple and Compound Meters

Lecture Notes:

• There are TWO Meter types discussed in the chapter done this week. They are Simple Meter and Compound Meter.
• A simple meter is a meter that contains notes or beats  than can be divided into two. Examples of simple time would be 2/4 and 2/2 time.
• A compound meter can be grouped into groups of threes.
• The term Duple means 2 beats per measure.
• I was able to learn of the different parts that make up the notes. They would be the head(hollow or fixed), stem,  and the beam/flag.
• In the time signatures mentioned in the chapter, the top number tells how many beats are in the measure and the bottom number tells which note gets the beat.
• There are a variety of tempos ranging from slow to fast, examples of these would be: grave, andante, vivace, allegro. 

The video above does an excellent job in comparing simple and compound meters as well as highlighteing the key diffrences between simple and compound time.

The Previous video above answers the basic definition of simple time and covers duple, triple  and even quadruple time effectively while giving different tips and methods  on remembering simple time.

The Video above speaks about compound meters. This Video was particularly helpful because it gives a clear definition and examples f the different notes and time signatures of compound meter.

Simple Meter Time Signatures and Note value examples given  Source:Hellomusicthoery.com

Compound time Photograph along with time signature and note examples

Source: Hello music thoery.com

Photo of song played- mary had little lamb

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Lesson 1: The Piano Keyboard and Major and Minor 2nds

 Jonelle Cunningham

September 2nd 2022

Lesson 1: The Piano Keyboard and Major and Minor 2nds

Lecture Notes:

• A Pitch of a note can be defined as the sound of a note, The sound can be high or low. For example C7 would have a high pitch, whereas F1 would have a low pitch.
• A Pitch Classes are octave related notes that have the same letter names.

• A Chromatic Scale is a scale that either  ascends or descends in half steps also known as semitones. The chromatic scale include the 12 pitches of the keyboard.
• Pitches with the same sound but different letter names are referred to as eharmonic equivalents. An example of an Eharmonic equivalent would be F# and Gb.
• Dynamic Markings are special markings within a piece which determine how loudly or softly a piece would be played in certain sections of that piece or song.
• There are a variety of clefs in music theory. Examples of these include treble, tenor, alto, and bass clefs.
• An interval is a distance between each pitch or note.
• A major second is an interval that consist of 2 semitones, a minor second only consist of 1 semitone.

Above is a Photo of a Minor Second, followed by a Major Second

Different types of Clefs: Treble, Alto,Tenor,Bass

Above is the Chromatic Scale

The Video Below is Jonelle Demonstrating a Chromatic Scale, ascending and descending

                        This Video on intervals was very useful and simple for me to understand

 The Video on major seconds above provides a Clear Understanding

 

Above is a video on Minor seconds which was easy to follow.