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WORKBOOK – MODULE 6

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Exercise 6.1 Beginning with C major, draw the 15 major scales in both clefs using tetrachords. Indicate tetrachords with a bracket. Note: • • •

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A major scale consists of two tetrachords. Each tetrachord pattern consists of: whole step, whole step, half step. The second tetrachord of a scale begins a diatonic whole step above the last note of the first tetrachord. As shown below, the second tetrachord of C major becomes the first tetrachord of the following scale, G major. The same principle applies to each subsequent scale.

The three pairs of enharmonic scales are C!–Db, F!–G♭ and B–C♭. There are at most seven different sharps or seven different flats in a major scale. The number of sharps increases from one sharp in G major up to seven sharps in C! major. The number of flats decreases from seven flats in C♭ major to one flat in F major.

1. C major

2. G major (1 sharp)

3. D major (2 sharps)

4. A major (3 sharps)

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5. E major (4 sharps)

6. B major (5 sharps)

7. F! major (6 sharps)

8. C! major (7 sharps)

9. C♭ major (7 flats)

10. G♭ major (6 flats)

11. D♭ major (5 flats)

12. A♭ major (4 flats)

13. E♭ major (3 flats)

14. B♭ major (2 flats)

15. F major (1 flat)

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