Solfège Bootcamp

Music since 1900

A whole step plus a whole step equals a major third.

From Elementary Training for Musicians (Hindemith)

A scale made entirely of whole stepsis known as the whole-tone scale.

An Olbash original!

In music without a key signature, sharps and flats often apply only to the note immediately following the accidental.

Melody only from "The Cage" from 114 Songs (Charles Ives, 1906)

From Elementary Training for Musicians (Hindemith)

From Mikrokosmos, Book I (Bartok)

A whole step plus a half step equals a minor third

From Elementary Training for Musicians (Hindemith)

The octatonic scale is composed of alternatingwhole steps and half steps.

Pitches that sound the same but are spelled differently (e.g. G# and Ab) are called "enharmonic."

"At day-close in November" from Winter Words (Benjamin Britten, 1954)

In diatonic music, the arrangement of whole steps and half stepsalways follows the same pattern: ...wwhwwwhwwhwwwh...

From Mikrokosmos, Book II (Bartok)

In modal music, the tonic or "home base" may be a note other than Do.

From Mikrokosmos, Book I (Bartok)

To preserve to order of whole steps and half steps in keys other than C major, we must add sharps or flats in the appropriate places.

Linear melodies must always be read vertically as well, i.e. in the proper harmonic context.