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AverMedia Lesson PlanUsing document cameras with a Keyboard Lab Classroom Susan Thomas Music Teacher Centerville Elementary School 3601 Carriage Hill Drive Frederick, Maryland 21704 (240)566-0100 Frederick County Public Schools Frederick, Maryland

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grad

ers

wor

king

inde

pend

ently

in th

e ke

yboa

rd la

b. E

very

CE

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tude

nt h

as

one

mus

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lass

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Page 7: AverMedia Lesson PlanŠUsing document cameras with a ......AverMedia Lesson PlanŠUsing document cameras with a Keyboard Lab Classroom Susan Thomas Music Teacher Centerville Elementary

Larg

e cl

asse

s m

ake

it ne

cess

ary

to h

ave

a �d

emon

stra

tion�

key

boar

d in

the

cent

er o

f the

room

at t

he te

ache

r�s w

orks

tatio

n. A

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umen

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tly

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dent

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ples

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The

docu

men

t cam

era

is th

e pr

imar

y so

urce

for d

ispl

ayin

g ex

ampl

es &

in

form

atio

n fo

r the

stu

dent

s to

follo

w w

hen

achi

evin

g ob

ject

ives

on th

e ke

yboa

rd.

Obj

ectiv

es, P

ower

Poi

nts,

and

the

keyb

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onto

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dent

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use

as

refe

renc

e.

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The

docu

men

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era

proj

ects

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�live

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age

of th

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ache

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o a

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uden

ts in

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sequ

ence

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ndin

g pa

rticu

lar n

otes

, an

d he

lps

achi

eve

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ctiv

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late

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sta

ff re

adin

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pro

vidi

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gui

ded

imag

e of

how

to c

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hord

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d ot

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conc

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cum

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cam

era

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sing

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Page 10: AverMedia Lesson PlanŠUsing document cameras with a ......AverMedia Lesson PlanŠUsing document cameras with a Keyboard Lab Classroom Susan Thomas Music Teacher Centerville Elementary

Four

th G

rade

Key

boar

ding

3

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hat?

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ntify

and

dem

onst

rate

hal

f st

eps

and

who

le s

teps

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ow?

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tifyi

ng a

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pply

ing

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e re

latio

nshi

ps o

n th

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Less

on O

utlin

e, P

age

1�

Stu

dent

s as

sem

ble

at th

e fro

nt o

f the

cla

ssro

om fo

r a re

view

of t

he p

revi

ous

less

on.

�S

tude

nts

are

show

n th

e ob

ject

ive

slid

e (s

lide

11) ,

and

info

rmed

that

they

w

ill b

e as

sess

ed fo

rmal

ly in

the

follo

win

g cl

ass

by c

ompl

etin

g a

wor

kshe

et

requ

iring

them

to c

onst

ruct

maj

or s

cale

s in

3 d

iffer

ent k

ey s

igna

ture

s ba

sed

on th

e in

form

atio

n pr

esen

ted

to th

em to

day.

Usi

ng th

e do

cum

ent c

amer

a,

proj

ect t

he im

age

of th

e te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

onto

the

scre

en fo

r stu

dent

s to

us

e as

refe

renc

e w

hen

addr

essi

ng th

e P

rior K

now

ledg

e qu

estio

ns.

�P

rior K

now

ledg

e:In

the

last

two

keyb

oard

ing

clas

ses,

how

man

y st

uden

ts

have

exp

erim

ente

d w

ith th

e bl

ack

keys

? H

ow m

any

stud

ents

can

mak

e a

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

the

setu

p of

the

keyb

oard

s an

d th

at o

f the

atta

ched

be

ll se

ts?

Can

stu

dent

s m

ake

a co

nnec

tion

by re

mem

berin

g ho

w th

e bl

ack

bells

are

labe

led

on th

e at

tach

ed b

ell s

ets?

�In

trodu

ctio

n:S

tude

nts

are

show

n P

ower

Poi

nt S

lides

15-

17.

Usi

ng th

e do

cum

ent c

amer

a, p

roje

ct th

e im

age

of th

e te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

onto

the

scre

en fo

r stu

dent

s to

use

as

refe

renc

e w

hen

addr

essi

ng th

e In

trodu

ctio

n qu

estio

ns.

!W

hat a

re tw

o di

ffere

nces

bet

wee

n th

e bl

ack

& w

hite

key

boar

d ke

ys?

(slid

e 16

)!

How

are

the

blac

k ke

ys u

sed?

(sl

ide

17)

!W

hat i

s an

alte

rnat

e na

me

for t

he b

lack

key

s? (

slid

e 16

)!

Wha

t is

the

purp

ose

of th

e bl

ack

keys

? (s

lide

17)

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Less

on O

utlin

e, P

age

2�

New

Kno

wle

dge:

Stud

ents

are

gui

ded

thro

ugh

Pow

erP

oint

slid

es

18-2

7�re

cogn

izin

g, la

belin

g an

d ap

plyi

ng th

e bl

ack

keys

to k

ey

sign

atur

es a

nd c

reat

ing

a m

ajor

sca

le.

Usi

ng th

e do

cum

ent c

amer

a,

proj

ect t

he im

age

of th

e te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

onto

the

scre

en fo

r the

st

uden

ts to

use

as

refe

renc

e w

hen

answ

erin

g th

e as

sess

men

t qu

estio

ns.

�A

sses

smen

t:C

an s

tude

nts:

!G

ive

at le

ast t

wo

purp

oses

for a

key

sig

natu

re (s

lide

24)

!E

xpla

in w

hat a

n ac

cide

ntal

doe

s to

an

unal

tere

d no

te (s

lide

26).

Can

a

stud

ent d

emon

stra

te o

n th

e te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

how

to ra

ise

and

low

er

a no

te?

!E

xpla

in h

ow a

com

pose

r kno

ws

whi

ch n

ame

of a

bla

ck k

ey to

use

(slid

e 27

)!

Def

ine

shar

pan

d fla

t(sl

ide

26).

Cho

ose

a no

te o

n th

e pr

ojec

ted

teac

her�s

key

boar

d an

d re

ques

t for

stu

dent

s to

pla

y th

at n

ote

for t

he

clas

s, th

en s

how

whe

re th

e �fl

atte

d� o

r �sh

arpe

d� v

ersi

on o

f the

not

e w

ould

be.

!

Rec

ogni

ze a

cor

rect

ly w

ritte

n m

ajor

sca

le (

slid

e 27

)

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Less

on O

utlin

e, P

age

3

�N

ew K

now

ledg

e P

art I

I:St

uden

ts a

re g

uide

d th

roug

h Po

wer

Poi

nt

slid

es 2

8-39

�us

ing

key

sign

atur

es, a

ccid

enta

ls, a

nd W

hole

/Hal

f st

ep p

atte

rns

to c

reat

e m

ajor

sca

les.

Usi

ng th

e do

cum

ent c

amer

a,

proj

ect t

he im

age

of th

e te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

onto

the

scre

en fo

r st

uden

ts to

use

as

refe

renc

e w

hen

answ

erin

g th

e as

sess

men

t qu

estio

ns.

�A

sses

smen

t:C

an s

tude

nts:

!D

efin

e to

nal c

ente

rand

deg

ree

(slid

es 2

8-29

). C

hoos

e a

stud

ent t

o co

rrec

tly p

lay

an o

ctav

e (to

nal c

ente

r) u

sing

the

proj

ecte

d te

ache

r�s

keyb

oard

.!

Rec

ogni

ze a

nd d

escr

ibe

the

diffe

renc

e be

twee

n w

hole

ste

ps a

nd h

alf

step

s on

the

keyb

oard

(slid

e 35

). C

hoos

e st

uden

ts to

use

the

proj

ecte

d te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

to id

entif

y ½

and

who

le s

teps

bas

ed o

n gi

ven

note

s.!

Arti

cula

te th

e pa

ttern

of w

hole

& h

alf s

teps

in th

e m

ajor

sca

le (s

lide

37)

!C

orre

ctly

iden

tify

the

key

sequ

ence

that

cre

ates

a s

cale

in F

maj

or (s

lide

39)

Use

the

proj

ecte

d te

ache

r�s k

eybo

ard

for s

tude

nts

to w

atch

as

the

teac

her d

emon

stra

tes

the

corre

ct p

layi

ng o

f an

F m

ajor

sca

le.

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Less

on O

utlin

e, P

age

4�

App

licat

ion/

Asse

ssm

ent:

Stu

dent

s ar

e gi

ven

oppo

rtuni

ties

to a

pply

the

know

ledg

e ga

ined

of s

tep

patte

rns,

acc

iden

tals

and

the

crea

tion

of th

e m

ajor

sca

le th

roug

h: Id

entif

ying

and

per

form

ing

the

G m

ajor

sca

le, a

s pr

ompt

ed in

slid

e 40

. As

stu

dent

s co

mpl

ete

the

writ

ten

wor

kshe

ets

and

exam

ples

des

crib

ed b

elow

, the

doc

umen

t cam

era

is to

be

used

bot

hto

pr

ojec

t ans

wer

key

s on

pap

er, a

nd c

orre

ct p

erfo

rman

ces

of e

ach

ques

tion

aske

d.

!C

onfig

ure

and

perfo

rm a

maj

or s

cale

of t

he s

tude

nt�s

cho

ice

!C

onfig

ure

and

perfo

rm a

maj

or s

cale

of t

he te

ache

r�s c

hoic

e (d

iffic

ulty

leve

l de

term

ined

by

stud

ent�s

prio

r exp

erie

nce

with

key

boar

ding

)!

Vis

ual/w

ritte

n re

cogn

ition

of t

he k

ey s

igna

ture

s fo

r C m

ajor

, F m

ajor

and

G m

ajor

, an

d th

e ab

ility

to p

erfo

rm th

e co

inci

ding

sca

les

�E

xten

sion

: M

aste

ry o

f maj

or s

cale

con

stru

ctio

n w

ill e

nabl

e st

uden

ts in

fu

ture

less

ons

to:

!fo

rmul

ate

the

I, IV

, V a

nd V

7 ch

ord

stru

ctur

es fo

r the

key

s of

C, F

and

G,

enab

ling

perfo

rman

ce o

f com

plex

har

mon

ies.

(MU

.400

.20.

02)

!C

ompo

se s

impl

e m

elod

ic o

stin

atia

nd d

esca

nts

to fa

milia

r son

gs (M

U.4

00.2

0.01

) (M

U.4

00.6

0.03

)!

Cre

ate

sim

ple

mel

odie

s us

ing

stan

dard

not

atio

n w

ithin

spe

cific

gui

delin

es(M

U.4

00.6

0.02

)!

Impr

ovis

e sh

ort s

ongs

(MU

.400

.55.

02)

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The

Blac

k Ke

ys

Toda

y w

e w

ill le

arn

abou

t and

pla

y th

e bl

ack

keys

on

the

keyb

oard

, wha

t the

ir pu

rpos

e is

, an

d ho

w to

use

them

to c

reat

e m

ajor

sca

les

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Bla

ck K

eys

Take

a c

lose

look

at t

he b

lack

key

s of

the

keyb

oard

.W

hat d

o yo

u no

tice

abou

t the

bla

ck k

eys?

You

mig

ht h

ave

notic

ed th

ey a

re s

horte

rtha

n th

e w

hite

key

s.

You

mig

ht h

ave

notic

ed th

ey a

re in

bet

wee

nth

e w

hite

key

s.

BU

T M

OST

IM

PO

RT

AN

TL

Y�

They

are

gro

uped

in s

ets

of tw

o an

d th

ree.

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So, w

hat d

o I d

o wi

th th

em?

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lled

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se th

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llow

ing

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rmat

ion

to

crea

te m

ajor

sca

les

in th

e ke

ys o

f C, F

and

G

.

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ting

the

Maj

or S

cale

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dday

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ps

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le st

eps?

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the

time

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ou�ll

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ern

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ery

maj

or sc

ale

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ow to

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ate

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artin

g on

any

ke

y

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or S

cale

s Are

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ence

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re

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take

a lo

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iano

key

boar

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now

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ach

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n al

phab

et

lett

er fr

om A

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A B

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G A

B C

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until

now

, we

have

n�t d

one

muc

h w

ith th

e bl

ack

keys

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e bl

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t in

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ting

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es.

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blac

k ke

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tual

ly h

as tw

o na

mes

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me

you

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nds o

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scal

e w

ithou

t usin

gan

y le

tter

s tw

ice.

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A B

C D

E F

G A

B C

D E

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Her

e ar

e th

e na

mes

for t

he b

lack

key

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A

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E

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G

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C

#

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Bb

D

b E

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bA

bB

b

Db

Eb

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Key

Sig

natu

res

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ey si

gnat

ures

are

pla

ced

at th

e be

ginn

ing

of

each

line

of m

usic

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es sh

ow w

hich

not

e is

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tona

l ce

nter

. Th

e to

nal c

ente

r is t

he n

ote

that

a

scal

e is

built

on.

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ey si

gnat

ures

tell

a pe

rfor

mer

whi

ch n

otes

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e al

way

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red

whe

n th

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to b

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ayed

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ures

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com

pose

rs fr

om h

avin

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writ

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cide

ntal

sove

r and

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r

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Key

Sig

natu

re E

xam

ples

G M

ajor

C M

ajor

F M

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�F�s

� ar

era

ised

by

½ st

ep

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�B�s

� ar

elo

wer

ed b

y ½

step

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chan

ges

to a

ny n

otes

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Acc

iden

tals

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n �a

ccid

enta

l� is

a sy

mbo

l pla

ced

in fr

ont o

f a

note

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natu

re)

that

alte

rs

the

note

by

½ st

ep.

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�sh

arp�

look

s lik

e th

is: #

and

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s a p

itch

by ½

step

.

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�fla

t� lo

oks l

ike

this:

b

and

low

ers a

pitc

h by

½ st

ep.

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So�

is it

a sh

arp

or a

flat

?�

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lett

er o

f the

scal

e ca

n us

e an

al

phab

et le

tter

onl

y on

ce�

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D E

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A B

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corr

ect:

C D

E F

G G

# B

W

hy??

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rrec

t:

C D

E F

G

Ab

B

W

hy??

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To

Crea

te a

Sca

le�

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es a

re m

ade

from

a se

quen

ce (

patt

ern)

of

degr

ees.

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egre

e is

a nu

mbe

r ass

igne

d to

a

pitc

h of

a sc

ale.

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ales

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rees

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1-8,

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h de

gree

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give

n a

diffe

rent

lett

er p

itch

nam

e�

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e de

gree

s 1 a

nd 8

are

the

sam

e pi

tch

nam

e, a

lso c

alle

d th

e to

nal c

ente

r.

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Scal

e de

gree

s loo

k lik

e th

is�de

gree

#1 i

s also

cal

led

the

TON

AL

CEN

TER.

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tona

l cen

ter i

s the

pi

tch

that

the

scal

e is

built

aro

und.

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pitc

h ca

n be

scal

e de

gree

nu

mbe

r 1�

not j

ust C

.

F G

A

B

C D

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

E1

2

3

4

5 6

7

8/

1

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Who

le st

eps

�A

who

le st

epon

the

keyb

oard

has

ON

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y th

at is

sk

ippe

d be

twee

n th

em�

.like

this:

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ey c

an b

e tw

o bl

ack

keys

, tw

o w

hite

key

s, or

one

of

eac

h.

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A

B

C D

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

E

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f ste

ps�

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alf s

tep

on th

e ke

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rd h

as N

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ys th

at a

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them

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ke th

is:

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are

usu

ally

one

bla

ck &

one

whi

te k

ey, b

utca

n so

met

imes

be

two

whi

te k

eys.

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A

B

C D

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

E

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Her

e ar

e th

e sc

ale

degr

ees f

or th

e C

Maj

or S

cale

. In

the

key

of C

Maj

or, w

hat k

ind

of a

ccid

enta

lsdo

we

have

??

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A

B

C D

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

E1

2

3

4

5 6

7

8/

1

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In C

Maj

or w

e ha

ve N

O A

CCID

ENTA

LS,

mea

ning

that

no

scal

e de

gree

s are

cha

nged

�in

this

case

, all

the

keys

are

whi

te k

eys.

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in, h

ere�

s wha

t our

scal

e lo

oks l

ike:

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Her

e ar

e th

e sc

ale

degr

ees f

or th

e C

Maj

or S

cale

:

Now

we

are

goin

g to

figu

re o

ut th

e pa

ttern

for

a M

ajor

Sca

le.

F G

A

B

C D

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

E1

2

3

4

5 6

7

8/

1

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Who

le a

nd H

alf S

teps

�A

WH

OLE

ste

p on

the

keyb

oard

has

ON

E ke

y th

at is

ski

pped

be

twee

n th

em.

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can

be tw

o bl

ack

keys

, tw

o w

hite

key

s,

and

in c

erta

in a

reas

, on

e of

eac

h

�A

HA

LF s

tep

on th

e ke

yboa

rd h

as n

o ke

ys

that

are

ski

pped

be

twee

n th

em.

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ey a

re u

sual

ly o

ne

blac

k ke

y to

the

next

w

hite

key

, but

in

spec

ial a

reas

it c

an

be tw

o w

hite

key

s.

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Her

e�s t

he M

ajor

Sca

le P

atte

rn b

etw

een

the

note

s for

the

C

Maj

or S

cale

:(1

)

(2

)

C

an

d

D

W

hole

Ste

p

Why

?(2

)

(3)

D

and

E

Who

le S

tep

Why

?

(3)

(4)

E

and

F

Hal

f Ste

p

W

hy?

(4)

(5)

F

and

G

W

hole

Ste

p

W

hy?

(5)

(6)

G

and

A

W

hole

Ste

p

W

hy?

(6)

(7)

A

and

B

W

hole

Ste

p

Why

?

(7)

(8

)

B

and

C

H

alf S

tep

Why

?

Wha

t not

e is

skip

ped?

Wha

t not

e is

skip

ped?

Wha

t not

e is

skip

ped?

Wha

t not

e is

skip

ped?

Wha

t not

e is

skip

ped?

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So th

e M

ajor

Sca

le P

atte

rn is

W W

H W

W W

H

Let�s

ver

ify th

at th

is is

cor

rect

with

a

diffe

rent

Maj

or S

cale

.

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F M

ajor

F G

A

C

D E

F

G A

C D

E

Bb

Bb

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Is th

is c

orre

ct?

F G

A

A

# C

D

E

F

Why

or w

hy n

ot?

Is th

is c

orre

ct?

F G

A

B b

C

D

E

F

Why

or W

hy n

ot?

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G

Let

�s u

se a

noth

er K

ey S

igna

ture

to c

heck

our

Maj

or S

cale

Pa

tter

n: G

Maj

or.

We

know

that

G M

ajor

has

one

#.

Usi

ng y

our

keyb

oard

, pla

y a

G M

ajor

Sca

le.

As y

ou a

re

play

ing

your

who

le a

nd h

alf s

teps

mak

e su

re y

ou a

re

wri

ting

dow

n w

hich

lett

er n

ames

you

are

pla

ying

so

we

can

shar

e th

e M

ajor

Sca

le w

ith th

e cl

ass.