Lesson 6 The Major Scales and Key Signatures .pdf

musical notes

1. The Major Scales
and Key
Signatures

2. MUSICAL SCALE
A musical scale is a
series of tones
arranged from lowest
to highest or from
highest to lowest.

3. MUSICAL SCALE
It is composed of eight
notes arranged in
succession in an
ascending or
descending manner.

4. MUSICAL SCALE
It is characterized by a
pattern of fixed
intervals of whole steps
(WS) and Half steps
(HS).

5. A half step is the shortest
distance between two
notes and a whole step is
composed of two half
steps.

9. Major Scale
one of the most commonly
used musical scales. It is
one of the diatonic scales.

10. C Major Scale

11. G Major Scale

13. KEY SIGNATURE
The group of sharps and
flats arranged before the
time signature.

15. KEY SIGNATURE

16. KEY SIGNATURES

17. Sharps - Key Signatures
G-Go
D-Down
A-And
E-Eat
B-Bananas
F#-For
C#-Comfort

18. Flats - Key Signatures
F-Fat
Bb-Boys
Eb-Eat
Ab-Apple
Db-During
Gb-Good
Cb-Climate