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==Objectives==

*Students will be familiar with artificial scales, such as the blues scale.
*Students will be familiar with non-heptatonic scales, such as pentatonic and octatonic scales.

==Resources==

====Readings====

*[[wikipedia:Blues_scale|''Wikipedia:'' Blues scale]]
*[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom:'']
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/IntroductionToJazzTheory.html Chapter 31: Introduction to Jazz Theory]
***[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/JazzScales.html 31.9: Scales]
***[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/HowToDetermineChord-ScaleRelationships.html 31.10: How to Determine Chord-Scale Relationships]
***[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/harmonizing-bebop-scale.html 31.11: Harmonizing the Bebop Scale]
*[https://www.top40theory.com/ Peres, ''Top 40 Theory:'']
**[https://www.top40theory.com/blog/why-pentatonic-scales-are-so-popular-infographic “Why Pentatonic Scales are So Popular in Pop Melodies”]
*[http://williamwieland.midcoip.net/theory/scales/blues.htm Wieland, ''Minor Pentatonic Scale and Blues Scale'']
*[http://openmusictheory.com/scales2.html Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''Open Music Theory:'' "Collections and Scales"]
*[http://www.ethanhein.com Hein, ''The Ethan Hein Blog.''] 
**[http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2011/the-blues-scale/ "The Blues Scale."]

====Tools====

*[https://jacksonhardaker.github.io/Messiaen/ Munster, Hardaker, ''Messiaen's Modes of Limited Transposition'']
*[https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/ Ring, ''A Study of Scales'']
*[https://www.pianoscales.org/blues.html PianoScales.Org]

==Class Activities==

*Discussion and definition of artificial and non-heptatonic scales
*Writing and playing a given artificial or non-heptatonic scale on a given note
*Composing or improvising a melody which uses and emphasizes the unique characteristics of a given artificial or non-heptatonic scale

==Assignments==

*Writing specified scales
*Identifying and analyzing scales used in written and recorded music

====Files====

*Scale analysis: Mikrokosmos, no. 136 (excerpt) by Bela Bartók ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dz9D2UjA7XUrwG7xdXC4_QJCl1SHuec0/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v-Sms0_7XXIgiP2gEExiL8_DPr_0Duz6/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zZGJ2WbUUk5MDIq0eB6_elVTrU1P6-uy/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*Scale analysis: Mikrokosmos, no. 101 (excerpt) by Bela Bartók ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZJodNbhpbAV3e9I7_KqiSf0x4q8T7v14/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-hwDnnrQVcmZxXlfMPIx60TGszXwM9Jh/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oxbBk3-8falUmlaY7OMzmzId4ec-G1bq/view?usp=sharing PDF])
*Scale analysis: "Do Not Look Down" (excerpt) by Meshuggah ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKYVn0C3hZ_Dr28Qon1X-0Lxa_37O1LA/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BjeN4sZAAmYKjoh6L5eqMvnwznyc8YjA/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kWYvEBACM1zzdXtB4F_lDuX51yTVxSxy/view?usp=sharing PDF])

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