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    This document provides an overview of basic music theory concepts including major and minor scales, keys, and chords. [1] It explains that a major scale follows the pattern of whole steps and half steps between the notes Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do, while a minor scale lowers the 3rd, 6th, and sometimes 7th notes. [2] It then discusses what "in the key of" means, stating that it refers to the notes of a specific major scale, and lists the triads and chords that naturally occur within the key of C major using roman numerals. [3]

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    This document provides an overview of basic music theory concepts including major and minor scales, keys, and chords. [1] It explains that a major scale follows the pattern of whole steps and half steps between the notes Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do, while a minor scale lowers the 3rd, 6th, and sometimes 7th notes. [2] It then discusses what "in the key of" means, stating that it refers to the notes of a specific major scale, and lists the triads and chords that naturally occur within the key of C major using roman numerals. [3]

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    This document provides an overview of basic music theory concepts including major and minor scales, keys, and chords. [1] It explains that a major scale follows the pattern of whole steps and half steps between the notes Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do, while a minor scale lowers the 3rd, 6th, and sometimes 7th notes. [2] It then discusses what "in the key of" means, stating that it refers to the notes of a specific major scale, and lists the triads and chords that naturally occur within the key of C major using roman numerals. [3]

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    BASIC MUSIC THEORY (from musicologize) 

    PART 5 

    What’s a major or minor scale? 

    No quicker way to say it than this: The major scale is Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do. 

    The first note of the major scale, “Do,” might be ANY note and the other notes are 

    determined relative to that “Do,” like this… 

    “Do” is wherever you want to begin. 

    “​Re” is a whole step (two half steps) above “Do.” 

    “Mi” is a whole step above “Re.” 

    “Fa” is a half step above “Mi.” 

    “Sol” is a whole step above “Fa.” 

    “La” is a whole step above “Sol.” 

    “Ti” is a whole step above “La.” 

    “Do” is a half step above “Ti.” 

    Like the major triad, the major scale is mostly characterized by that major third (four half 
    steps) interval between Do and Mi. 
    And a minor scale would be mostly characterized by lowering “Mi” by a half step. As often 
    as not, we lower the notes “La” and “Ti” as well when we make minor scales. Sometimes 
    we don’t. It’s still minor; it just sounds a little different. 

    (How much time left? A minute?) 

    What does “​In the key of​” mean? What chords go with what keys to make music that 
    sounds good? What’s with the roman numerals? And what is “One-Four-Five” mean? 

    Gonna have to tackle all of these at once inside a minute. 

    Take any major scale. Example: C major scale. 

    That’s C – D – E – F – G – A – B – C. Those are the notes that are naturally ​in the key of​ C. 

    Then find all the triads you can make from those notes and thus the chords that are 

    naturally ​in the key of​ C. Here come the roman numerals. 

    C E G (C major. The I chord.) (say “The ‘one’ chord.”) 

    D F A (D minor. The ii chord.) (minor chord = lower case roman numerals) 

    E G B (E minor. The iii chord.) 

    F A C (F major. The IV chord.) 

    G B D (G major. The V chord.) 

    A C E (A minor. The vi chord.) 

    B D F (B diminished. The vii chord.) Wait, what?! Ignore. Plough through. 


    C E G (C major. The I chord again.) 

    Exercise: Play a C chord for a bit. Let it establish itself like home base. Make it the context 
    for the next chord you play. Play one of the others on the list. Hear it in the context of C. 
    Now return to C.  

    As long as C is your context (that’s kinda what ​“in the key of”​ means) all of the other 

    chords on our list should sound ​“good;”​ each with its role within the key. A little 
    experimenting and those roles should reveal themselves and become familiar and useful. 

    By the way if you must know… that seventh one… the vii chord, that  

    B D F mess? That’s a minor third interval from B to D followed by another minor third from 

    D to F, and we call this structure a “diminished” chord. A pair of major thirds would be an 

    “augmented” chord. Don’t worry about either one, until you come across it in the wild. 
    Then, somehow hopefully remember. 

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