Other Scales: Difference between revisions

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*[https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/ Ian Ring, ''A Study of Scales'']
*[https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/ Ian Ring, ''A Study of Scales'']
*[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
*[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/IntroductionToJazzTheory.html Chapter 31: Introduction to Jazz Theory]
*** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/JazzScales.html 31.9: Scales]
***[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/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]
***[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”]


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Revision as of 14:20, 17 July 2020

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

Tools

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

Notes