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Hi T! Here's your own Glossary of Terms, which includes only those terms we've discussed so far...
| Modes of Music: | Based on the Major Scale, additional modes ("scales") can be built by starting on different notes of the Major Scale... each of these new modes has their own name. For example, take the C Major scale, but playing from D to D, is called the Dorian Mode. From E to E is called the Phrygian Mode, and so on. Below is an image that illustrates the different modes and their names:
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| Relative Minor/Relative Major: | The major scale of any key is related, as having the same notes, as a Natural Minor scale found a minor 3rd below (i.e., three half steps below). For example, on the piano the C Major scale is all the white keys. It's "Relative Minor" is A Natural Minor, using the same keys but from A to A. Consequently, each Natural Minor scale has a "Relative Major", found a minor 3rd above. For example, the "Relative Major" of A Natural Minor would be C Major.
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| 3rds and 7ths: | These are essentially the most important, or most defining tones of a chord, which primarily determine the type of chord it is (major, minor, augmented, diminished, dominant, etc.). |
| Scale - Natural Minor Scale: | A series of 8 notes, all related by a whole step except between notes 2 and 3, and 5 and 6, where these are 1/2 steps. |
| Scale - Major Scale: | A series of 8 notes, all related by a whole step except between notes 3 and 4, and 7 and 8, where these are 1/2 steps. |
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