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Downloadable PDF showing the music notation, key signature, keyboard layout, letter names, scale degrees, and solfege syllables for the Natural Minor Scale in 12 keys… Scale study should never be a mindless, mechanical exercise. Scale study, done right, is about reading for meaning, developing your ears, and really learning your way around the keyboard. Music Theory Charts … Continue reading Scales: Natural Minor Scale Theory, 12 Keys
If you can sing Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do up the major scale, you have the talent required to master Solfege, a skill that will take your musicianship to a whole new level... The Solfege system works like this: The note that acts as the tonal center is named Do, always. In other … Continue reading Scales: Scale Structure: The Solfege System
A commonly-used convention for describing scale structure is a number system that uses the Major Scale as the point of reference... The system works as follows: The number "1" always represents the key that you are in. Numbers are assigned to each note in the Major Scale in ascending order. In the key of C, … Continue reading Scales: Scale Structure: The Number System