| Note no. Degree name | 3 C is the mediant of the A-flat major scale | 4 Db is the subdominant of the A-flat major scale |
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What is the subdominant pitch in a major scale?
Scale degree 4
is called the subdominant (because it is as far below the tonic–four steps down–as the dominant is above). Scale degree 3 is called the mediant (because it “mediates” or lies in the middle between the tonic and the dominant).
What is the subdominant of D major?
| Note no. Degree name | 1 D is the tonic of the D major scale | 2 E is the supertonic of the D major scale | 3 F# is the mediant of the D major scale | 4 G is the subdominant of the D major scale |
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What is the subdominant of B major?
| Parallel key B minor | Dominant key F-sharp major | Subdominant E major | Enharmonic C-flat major | Component pitches |
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What is the subdominant degree of F major?
| Note no. Degree name | 1 F is the tonic of the F major scale | 2 G is the supertonic of the F major scale | 3 A is the mediant of the F major scale | 4 Bb is the subdominant of the F major scale |
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What major is F sharp?
| Relative key D-sharp minor enharmonic: E-flat minor | Parallel key F-sharp minor | Dominant key C-sharp major enharmonic: D-flat major | Subdominant B major | Component pitches |
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How many flats are in D major?
| Relative key B-flat minor | Parallel key D-flat minor enharmonic: C-sharp minor | Dominant key A-flat major | Subdominant G-flat major | Component pitches |
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What are the 3 major scales?
You should already know the scales of C, D, G and F major which are covered in Grade One Music Theory. In Grade Two ABRSM there are three new major scales which you need to know:
A, Bb and Eb major
.
Which scale is higher C or D?
C-sharp
, for example, is a half tone higher than C. A flat (b) lowers the pitch by a half tone. D-flat would be a half tone lower than D, and would be the same sound as C-sharp.
Is d higher than g?
alphabet – namely A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The pitch named “A” is the lowest frequency, and the
pitch named “G” is the highest
. The white keys on a piano keyboard are assigned these letters, as shown below.
What note is a major 3rd from D?
Having established that the major 3rd interval of the D major scale is
note F#
, this step will explore the other 3rd intervals next this note. A major interval always has 3 other intervals grouped around it – one higher and two lower: > One half-tone / semitone up from the major interval is the augmented interval.
What is the leading note of B major?
| Note no. Degree name | 5 F# is the dominant of the B major scale | 6 G# is the submediant of the B major scale | 7 A# is the leading tone of the B major scale |
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What is D major key signature?
D major (or the key of D) is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯. Its key signature
has two sharps
. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor.
Is F major high?
F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E. … Most of these sound a perfect fifth lower than written, with the exception of the trumpet in F which sounds a fourth higher. (The basset horn also often sounds an octave and a fifth lower.)
What chords are in F major?
- I = F Major.
- ii = G minor.
- iii = A minor.
- IV = Bb Major.
- V = C Major.
- VI = D Minor.
- vii° = E diminished.
