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What is the relationship between a major key and its relative minor?
The tonic of the major key is a minor third above the tonic of its relative minor.
How do you find the parallel minor of a major key?
Flat the 3rd, 6th, and 7th scale degrees of the major scale.
What notes are altered in the harmonic minor scale compared to the natural minor?
The 7th scale degree is raised.
What notes are altered in the ascending melodic minor scale compared to the natural minor?
The 6th and 7th scale degrees are raised.
What is the key signature of A minor?
No sharps or flats.
What is the key signature of F minor?
4 flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db).
What is the key signature of D minor?
One flat (Bb)
What is the key signature of E minor?
One sharp (F#)
What is the key signature of B minor?
Two sharps (F#, C#)
What is the key signature of G minor?
Two flats (Bb, Eb)
What is the relative minor of C major?
A minor
What is the parallel minor of C major?
C minor
What is the key signature of F minor?
4 flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db)
What is the key signature of A minor?
No sharps or flats
What is the key signature of E minor?
One sharp (F#)
What is the key signature of B minor?
Two sharps (F#, C#)
What is the key signature of D minor?
One flat (Bb)
What is the key signature of G minor?
Two flats (Bb, Eb)
How do you find the relative minor of a major key?
Go down a minor third from the tonic of the major key.
What is the relative major of F minor?
Ab major
What is tonality?
The key of a piece of music.
Define 'mode' in music.
A variation of a scale that creates a specific mood or character.
What are parallel keys?
Keys that share the same tonic but differ in mode (major vs. minor).
What are relative keys?
Keys that share the same key signature but have different tonics.
Define 'natural minor'.
The basic minor scale, derived directly from the relative major.
Define 'harmonic minor'.
A minor scale with a raised 7th scale degree.
Define 'melodic minor'.
A minor scale with raised 6th and 7th degrees ascending, reverting to natural minor descending.
What is relative pitch?
The ability to identify notes, intervals, and changes in tonality in relation to a reference pitch.
What is a key signature?
A set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a staff indicating the key of the music.
What is a tonic?
The first note of a scale or key; the tonal center.