September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
Up until now, we’ve been working with a seven-tone scale from C up to B on the keyboard, with C repeated at the top, and with half steps only between the third and fourth, and the seventh and eighth scale degrees: the scale of C major. All these major and minor scales are diatonic scales.
Ever notice the five black keys on the piano? If we include them in our octave from C to C, it’s goodbye diatonic! We will then have a scale composed entirely of half steps, called a “chromatic scale.” Chromatic pitch inflections are often used throughout classical music of all ...
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