Notes References

0134 chord 2-chord trick °7 chords AABA form Accelerating the harmonic rhythm Aeolian mode Aliasing Alpha chord Analyzing Classical Form Anti-aliasing filter Arch form Ascending °7 chord Asymmetrical period Audio moving from analog to digital Augmented sixth chords Authentic cadential progression Auxiliary °7 chord Axis system Barron chord voicing Basic idea Binary form Bit depth "Cadence" vs "cadential progression"Cadences in Classical music Cadential 6-4 Cadential function Cadential idea Cadential progression Caveats to tritone substitutions Change of tonality Charleston rhythm Circle of fifths Clarinet Complete cadential progression Compression Consonance (poetry)Continuation function Continuation phrase Continuous vs discrete signals Contrasting period Deceptive cadential progression Deceptive resolution Decibels in audio Definition of theme Degrees of variation in motivic variations Descending °7 chord Descriptors of sound Developing a melody Developing clause Developing composite Developing idea Developing period Developing sentence Developing theme Diatonic music Diatonic scale Discursive theme Dominant function Dorian mode Double harmonic major scale Double period Drone Dynamic range Embellishing authentic cadential progressions Embellishing extended dominant series Embellishing half-cadential progressions Enjambment Equalization (EQ)Examples of consonance in songwriting Examples of musical periods Expanded cadential progression Extended dominant series FET compressor Film themes Flute Fragmentation Gain staging Grammatical theme Guidelines for writing musical phrases Half-cadence Half-cadential progression Hancock chord voicing Hardware limitations on NES audio Harmonic cadence Harmonic function Harmonic major scale Harmonic minor scale Harmonic progression Harmonic punctuation Harmonic rhythm Harmonic sequence Harmonic stability Harmony definition Hinge technique Horizontal resequencing Imperfect authentic cadence Inserting LOTS of rows into a psql db Interactive music Internal pedal tone Interpolated chord Intervallic expansion and compression Inverted pedal tone Ionian mode Jazz standard John Williams' use of motivic substitution Language analogies for musical form Large structure form Legend of Zelda main theme analysis Leitmotif Liquidation Locrian mode Lombard rhythm Lydian mode Major scale Marimba Melodic augmentation and diminution Melodic displacement Melodic expansion Melodic fragmentation Melodic inversion Melodic minor scale Melodic punctuation Melodic sequence Melodic truncation Melody definition Melody of Super Mario Bros A section Minimum phase EQ Minor scale Mixing loud Mixolydian mode Mode Modulation Motif Motivic substitution Motivic variations Motto theme Musical chord Musical clause Musical composite Musical form Musical phrase substructures Musical punctuation Musical scale Musical tone definition Neapolitan major scale Neapolitan minor scale Neighbour chord Nintendo Entertainment System Noise floor Nomenclature of Mark Richards theme types Nonfunctional harmony Not all phrases end with cadences Oboe Octatonic scale Octave transfer Optical compressor Oversampling Parallel period Passing chord Pedal point Perfect authentic cadence Periodic clause Periodic sentence Petrushka chord Phase Phrase Phrase group Phrygian mode Plagal cadence Plugins as inserts are like guitar pedals Polychord Predominant function Presentation function Presentation phrase Prolongational progression Pulse Pulse amplitude modulation Pulse code modulation Quantization Quartal chord voicings Quintal chord voicings Ragtime progression Real vs notated measures Related IIs Repetition of a basic idea Repetitions of the basic idea Resolving °7 chords Retrograde Retrograde inversion Rhythm Rhythm changes Rhythmic punctuation Ricoh 2A03 microprocessor Rite of Spring chord Roman numeral analysis Rondo form Root progression Rounded binary form Russian crescendo Sampling Sampling and frequency information Scale degree Secondary dominant Sentential composite Sentential period Sequential progression Shannon-Nyquist sampling theorem Shooting Stars – Bag Raiders Signal chain Signal-to-noise ratio Simple binary form Simple sentence Slash chord Small structure form Small ternary form So What chord Son clave Songs with strange structures Strophic form Substitute harmony Surface rhythmic activity Tech Noir 2 Techniques to prolong a harmony Terminology regarding cadences Ternary form The goal of Western music The ii-V-I The period The sentence The sentence as functions The sentence theme type Through-composed form Time signature Tips for writing a period form Tone cluster Tonic function Tresillo rhythm Tritone substitution Troubles when writing with modes Tube compressor Unity gain staging Update psql rows unevenly Using a leitmotif Variations of ii-V-I VCA compressor Vertical remixing Waves What makes a good melody What makes a good motif Xylophone Zero crossing

Major scale

The major scale consists of the following intervals: W W H W W W H¹²

It and its modes are the only diatonic scales in Western music.

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WrittenApril 3, 2022 · 12:11

References

hutchinson-2017 ↩
gotham-2021 ↩

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ModeDiatonic scale

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Aeolian modeDorian modeIonian modeLocrian modeLydian modeMixolydian modeModePhrygian mode

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