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take AP music theory instead bc the resource guide sucks

key - set of 7 notes, or scale, selected for a piece

key signature - sharps of flats at start of staff, indicate key
of music

in key signature with 1 sharp:

E scale needs raised 2nd note (F) to become natural minor
G scale needs raised 7th note (F) to become major scale

all 3 types of minors use the same key signature, harmonic
and melodic use accidentals to individual notes

key signature is for convenience

C and Eb are relative minor-major scales

30 possible keys (y'all ugly for that)
15 major, 15 minor (once again, y'all ugly) 

circle of fifths goes in fifths

perfect fifth - 7 half steps

3 pairs of scales overlap:

B/Cb - 5 sharps/7 flats
F#/Gb - 6 sharps/6 flats
C#/Db - 7 sharps/5 flats

order of sharps: F C G D A E B

fat cats go down alleys eating burgers

order of flats: B E A D G C F

bead gcf (greatest common factor)

reverse order

minor circle of fifths: A minor scale at top

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    Harmonic Progression
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harmonic progression - series of chords or intervals that 
move from tension (dissonance) to resolution (consonance)

dissonance - quality of pitch, interval, or chord that seems 
unstable or tense

opposite of dissonance if consonance

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho - score by Bernard Hermann

most consonant chords stress lower partials of overtone series

major triad with double root is very consonant

chords sound consonant or dissonant depending on preceding
chord

tritone (TT) 3 whole steps, 6 half steps

augmented fourth/diminished fifth depend on spelling of notes

diatonic - within the key

quality - major, minor, diminished, augmented, depend on scale
degree

chromatic - borrow notes from outside of key

tonic triad - built on scale degree 1, most stable

most pieces end on tonic

other major triads in a key: scale degree 4 and 5

minor triads in key: 2, 3, 6 (USAD made a whole typo smh)

diminished triad: 7, highly unstable

capital roman numeral: major
lower case: minor
lower case with degree sign: diminished

dominant chord (V) most important

had leading tone and 5

pre dominant harmonies - pull to V

triads built on 2 (supertonic) and 4 (subdominant) most common

chord progression - chain of triads, each pulling to next one

voice leading - inverted chords make it easier to sing

bass line - lower voice, in bass clef, usually has root

cadances - pausing points/end of piece

most final sounding bass line goes from 5-1, melody end on 1

dominant seventh - add minor 7th from root of chord

scale degrees 5-7-2-4

dominant seventh - contains tritone between 7-4

7 pull to 1, 4 pull to 3




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