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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

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

Files

Scale analysis: Mikrokosmos, no. 136 (excerpt) by Bela Bartók (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
Scale analysis: Mikrokosmos, no. 101 (excerpt) by Bela Bartók (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
Scale analysis: "Do Not Look Down" (excerpt) by Meshuggah (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)

Notes

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 *[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 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====
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 *Identifying and analyzing scales used in written and recorded music
-==== Files ====
+====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. 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: 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])
+*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])
 ==Notes==