Ear training -Scales · Melodic minor scales were created to “fix” the strange sound of the whole+halfstep interval that occurs in the harmonic minor scale. The melodic minor

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Ear training - Scales

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Ear Training - Scales

Inthispresentation,wewilllearnhowtoidentifyscalesaurally.Itispresumedyoualreadyknowhowtonotatemajorandminorscales.

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BelowisaDmajorscale.Listentothescaleafewtimestoknowwhatitsoundslike.

Major scale

Majorscaleshavehalfstepsbetweenscaledegrees3-4and7-8.Whentryingtoidentifymajorscalesaurally,listenforthethirdscaledegree(2wholestepsabovetonic)andtheleadingtonetothetonic(scaledegrees7-8).

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NaturalMinorscalesdifferfrommajorscalesinthatscaledegrees3,6,and7areloweredahalfstep.

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Natural minor scale

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Majorscale:

Naturalminorscale:

Listentothesetwoscalesafewtimestohearthedifference.

Wholestep

Thenaturalminorscalewillalsohavenohalfstepbetweenscaledegrees7and8.Thisistheonlymajororminorscalewithnoleadingtone.

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Naturalminorscale:

Harmonicminorscalesarethesameasanaturalminorscalebuthavearaised7th scaledegree.

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Harmonic minor scale

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Listentothesetwoscalesafewtimestohearthedifference.

Halfstep

Theraisedseventhscaledegreewillcreateahalfstepbetweenscaledegree7-8,makingscaledegree7aleadingtone.Itwillalsocreateafunnysoundinginterval(awhole+halfstep)betweenscaledegrees6and7.

Harmonicminorscale

Whole+Halfstep

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Melodicminorscaleswerecreatedto“fix”thestrangesoundofthewhole+half stepintervalthatoccursintheharmonicminorscale.Themelodicminordiffersfromtheharmonicminorinthatthescaledegree6israised(aswellastheraisedscaledegree7).

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Melodic minor scale

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Listentothesetwoscalesafewtimestohearthedifference.

Therefore,thebottompartofthescalewillsoundminor,butthetoppartofthescalewillsoundlikeamajorscalesincetheycontainthesamewholeandhalfstepcontentasthosescales.

Harmonicminorscale

Melodicminorscale

Minorscale- WHW Majorscale- WWH

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Nowlistentothedifferenttypesofscalesafewtimes:

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Ear training – Scales: Review

Harmonicminorscale

Melodicminorscale

Majorscale

Naturalminor

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Listen ScaletypeListen Scaletype

Let’spracticeaurallyidentifyingmajorandminorscales.Theseexamplesusesoundsofdifferentinstruments.Don’tletthatstartleyou.Justlistenthethescale.Listentothescale.Thenclicktoseethecorrectanswer.

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Ear training – Scales: Practice

Harmonicminor

Major

Harmonicminor

Naturalminor

Melodicminor

Major

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Selectoneofthefollowingtoreview:

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Ear training – Scales: Review

Majorscale

NaturalMinorscale

HarmonicMinorscale

Melodicminorscale

Review

Practice