Other Scales: Difference between revisions

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*[[wikipedia:Blues_scale|Wikipedia: Blues scale]]
*[[wikipedia:Blues_scale|Wikipedia: Blues scale]]
*[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]
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====Tools====
====Tools====


*[https://jacksonhardaker.github.io/Messiaen/ Syberen van Munster and Jackson Hardaker, ''Messiaen's Modes of Limited Transposition'']<br />
*[https://jacksonhardaker.github.io/Messiaen/ Syberen van Munster and Jackson Hardaker, ''Messiaen's Modes of Limited Transposition'']
*[https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/ Ian Ring, ''A Study of Scales'']


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==

Revision as of 14:44, 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