ABRSM：Grade 3

Chapter 5: keys & scales

Actually, music pieces are not only written by major-minor mode which we learned,
we do have other tonal music and post-tonal music in Baroque period& before, or
music after the 19th century. For instance, the church modes, pentatonic scale etc. We
will get to it later.

We have learned keys and harmonic minor scale in Grade 2. In this Chapter, we are
going to learn the last one, the “Melodic” Major/minor scale. Then, we are going to
learn using and distinguishing these scales in music:)

Let’s review few terms we learned previously!

Tonality: tonality, in music, principle of organizing musical compositions around a

central note.(the tonic in Major- minor mode)

Range: the span between the lowest and highest pitches of a melody.

Scale: the organization of a collection of pitches by successive ascending or

descending steps.

Scales

Diatonic Major scale

Harmonic Major scale

Melodic Major scale

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Diatonic minor scale

Harmonic minor scale

Melodic minor scale

Tonal system: a system in which pitches are organized hierarchically.

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Exercise/assignments:
1. P.31-32 Exercise 2
2. P. 33 Exercise 4
3. P.34 Exercise 5
4. P.37 Exercise 8
5. Write all 12 minor diatonic/harmonic/melodic scales in a staff paper.