Non-Western Folk. The Physical Basis. Acoustics for Music Theory. Music is Organized Sound Waves. Longitudinal and Transverse Waves. Wave Amplitude and Loudness. Wavelength, Frequency, and Pitch. Standing Waves and Musical Instruments. What is a Standing Wave? Standing Waves on Strings.
Standing Waves in Wind Instruments. Standing Waves in Other Objects. Harmonic Series I: Timbre and Octaves.
Physics, Harmonics and Color. The Harmonic Series. Solution to Exercises in Chapter 3. Notes and Scales. Octaves and the Major-Minor Tonal System. Where Octaves Come From. Naming Octaves. Dividing the Octave into Scales. Half Steps and Whole Steps Example. Major Keys and Scales.
Tonal Center Example. Major Scales. Music in Different Keys. Minor Keys and Scales. Music in a Minor Key. Minor Scales.
Relative Minor and Major Keys. Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales. The Distance Between Pitches. Naming Interval Example. Classifying Intervals. Perfect Intervals Example. Major and Minor Intervals Example. Augmented and Diminished Intervals Example. Inverting Intervals Example. Frequency and Interval. Brass Instruments.
Playing Harmonics on Strings. The Circle of Fifths. Related Keys. Key Signatures. Scales and Western Music. Pentatonic Scales. For this reason we can say that F natural minor is the relative minor of Ab major. And remember that when in a major key, the relative minor scale can be constructed simply by using the same pitches but treating the 6th scale degree as the starting note.
Harmonic Minor The harmonic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale in only one way — the 7th scale degree is raised by half-step. In other words, in a natural minor scale the 7th scale degree is a minor 7th, whereas in a harmonic minor scale the 7th scale degree is a major 7th and will be a half-step away from the root of the scale.
When the 7th degree of any scale is a half-step away from the root it is called a leading tone , and so the important difference between the natural and harmonic minor scale is that one has a leading tone while the other does not.
Melodic Minor The melodic minor is a bit… weird. In the traditional sense, melodic minor has an ascending form and a descending form, meaning that the notes in the scale changed based on whether you are playing up the scale or down the scale. In practical music performance circles especially in the jazz world the melodic minor scale is the same whether ascending or descending.
First the traditional approach: When playing the ascending form of the melodic minor scale, only the 3rd scale degree is lowered by half-step. Despite their similarities, the harmonic and melodic minor scales have their differences as well.
One characteristic difference between the the harmonic and melodic minor scales is that their upper tetrachords are different. The upper tetrachord of the C harmonic minor scale: …and the upper tetrachord of the C melodic minor scale: …are different.
The upper tetrachord of the melodic minor scale is identical to that of the major scale. Another difference between the harmonic and melodic minor scales is their descending form. The descending form of the harmonic minor scale is produced by playing the scale notes from the eighth to the first tone, while the melodic minor scale uses the descending form of the natural minor scale.
The importance of knowing the similarities and differences between the harmonic and melodic minor scales cannot be over emphasized.
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