[07:700:103] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (97 pages long!)
30 Mar 2017
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Scale: ordered collection of pitches (including octave equivalents) Prolongation: the process in tonal music through which a pitch, interval, or consonant triad is able to govern spans of music when not physically sounding. All scales have one of each letter. Use a keyboard visualization (may need to add accidentals) Any scale where adjacent pitches are spaced according to wwhwwwh. Includes major scales, minor scales, and diatonic church modes . Indicates if a pitch is in the key. Ex. in f major, d # is not diatonic, but d natural is. The conception that we are inside and navigating a tonal space determined by the relationships between notes in a scale. Key signature: notational device used to indicate which accidentals should be assumed in the key which is being played. Goes at front of staff (after clef), shows accidentals in the key. Accidentals can only be in certain places: conventional. Must be in correct place and order.
