List of Musical Scales Here is a complete list of the major, minor harmonic and minor melodic scales, in treble and bass clefs. If you need the natural minor scale – use the descending part of the melodic …

What are Chromatic Scales? Chromatic scales have 12 notes from start to finish. Starting from the lowest note, the pattern for chromatic minor scales is: S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S There are two main …

Share this page...Key Signatures Chart Here are all the key signatures up to 7 sharps/flats in the four clefs – treble, bass, alto and tenor.

Major Scales Exercises Point your mouse at the questions (tap on mobile devices) to reveal the answers. 1. How many semitone (half) steps are there in one octave of a major scale? 2. What is the …

Relative Major and Minor Keys Each key signature represents one major key, and one minor key. These two keys are called “relative” keys – they share a key signature because they share almost all of the …

Modes in Music What does “Mode” mean in music? The term “mode” has two distinct meanings. It can refer to “church modes” which were used to classify Gregorian chant in the 11 th century, and it can …

Major Scales All scales have something in common; they have a defined pattern of tones and semitones. All major scales are made up with the following pattern, where T=tone and S=semitone: T …

Technical names Each note of a scale can be given a number from 1-7. For example, in the key of C major, C=1st, D=2nd and so on. These are called the “degrees of the scale”. Each degree of the …

You should already know the keys with 4 sharps/flats. In this lesson we will learn about the four keys that have five sharps or flats in the key signature. They are: B major (5 sharps) G# minor (5 sharps) …

In the ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory exam you may be asked to identify the correct clef of a scale. The correct clef might be treble, bass, alto or tenor. Watch the video to see how to do this – transcription …