Music Theory & Practice
Let’s say you want to find all scales that contain a major third, followed by a half step, follow by a minor third (M3 H m3)
Use the search button in Tessitura Pro and you will get all scales that contain those intervals in that order
These are the named structures found
You can include all unnamed scales (rare scales) if you want to find all possible scales with those intervals
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There are 4 ways you can represent a scale’s intervalic formula:
Here’s the major scale (Ionian) as degrees.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (all degrees al major)
The major scale as chord tones (1 3 5 7) and tensions (9 11 13)
Viewing a scale over the circle of fifths you can see the Roman numerals for each degree in the scale. The Ionian (or major scale) is then IV I V II VI II VII
The melodic intervalic formula for the major scale is: W W H W W W H
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Almost every musician knows how to use the circle of fifths (and what it is), but there are a few countries and music schools that teach the order of the notes in the circle going the other way. This is called the Circle of Fourths and not many musicians talk about it anymore.
Here are the two versions of the circle. The one on the left is the most often-used version we all know as the Circle of Fifths, and the one on the right is the Circle of Fourths
In Tessitura Pro you can change the defaults settings to show all scales in any key using the Circle of Fifths or the Circle of Fourths
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Tessitura Pro Tip of the Day #10: Chord Extensions and Avoid Notes
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Politonus was designed after a very popular exercise taught by a world famous music education guru in the Boston area. Many generations of musicians from all over the world traveled to Boston and waited in a two year waiting list to access this information and now it is available to everyone.
Hear from 1 to 11 notes at the time relative to any major key, diatonically or chromatically. Select whether you want to see notes by name, degrees or movable do.
Politonus is very easy to use and extremely effective. Now you can train and open up your ears anytime, anywhere!
Sight-reading exercise in F# Major for alto saxophone using See Music Pro.
Sight-read and get instant feedback of your performance.#sightreading #saxophone #SaxophonemusicMusic #Woodwinds #musiceducation #MusicStaff #MusicMajor #musiced #ReadMusichttps://t.co/pla21bBl7O pic.twitter.com/iDfLMZxh6O— mDecks Music (@mDecksMusic) June 8, 2018
Sight-reading exercise in Bb Major for cello in tenor clef using See Music Pro.
Available for iOS and macOS.#sightreading #cello #CelloMusic #strings #musiceducation #MusicStaff #MusicMajorhttps://t.co/pla21bBl7O pic.twitter.com/IaVU1pU3cD— mDecks Music (@mDecksMusic) May 28, 2018
