Download Major Keys and Scales

Music Theory
1st Grading Period (2 weeks)
Power Objective:
Academic Vocabulary:
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Read, write, improvise, compose and describe varied types of
musical repertoire using vocabulary that demonstrates an
understanding of the language of music appropriate to the genre
and culture. (D 9-12)
chromatic
chromatic half-step
circle of fifths
pitch collection
diatonic
diatonic half-step
dominant
key signature
leading tone
major petachord
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median
pentatonic
scale
major scale
scale degree
solfege
subdominant
submediant
supertonic
tetrachord
tonic
Major Keys and Scales
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
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Scales within musical contexts help create an organized structure
that gives the music cohesion, making it easier for those
experiencing the music to understand.
Understanding key signatures and the relationship between
different keys helps the person experiencing the music understand
the structure of music and possibly predict how the music will
progress in time.
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Why is it important for music to be organized and have
structure?
How do key centers have specific relationships and functions
in music that make music more predictable?
Why do composers choose to write music in certain key
centers or change to different key centers within the
composition?