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    Major Scales and Key Signatures A Little Help…Please!
    Major Scales and Key Signatures A Little Help…Please!
    Major Scales and Key Signatures A Little Help…Please!
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    Major Scales and Key Signatures A Little Help…Please!

    By Lynette Haddock

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    Having taught music (Elementary, Junior High, and College) for over thirty years, Professor Haddock writes from the experience of explaining the basic building blocks of music to students. With over twenty-five years at the college level, Lynette Haddock has taught classes in Fundamentals of Music, as well as Theory and Musicianship (Sightsinging and Eartraining). Understanding how students learn has enabled her to concentrate on the smallest teachable concepts, hone her craft of presenting those concepts to her students, and watch the students successfully master the concepts.
    In her words, "Textbooks often lose track of the essential thread upon which most music concepts are based—key signatures. The reason we teach fundamentals of music is because there really are basic fundamentals in music. These fundamentals are the underpinnings of the superb music of the ages. They are used over and over and can be learned. My goal is to write mini-books that focus on mastery of these fundamentals, spiraling conceptual learning by systematically building new learning upon previous learning. Key signatures need to be learned before attempting scales. Once students learn key signatures, they can build and analyze chords, build and analyze intervals, and write major and minor scales. Building concept upon concept with intentional reinforcement of previous concepts results in solid academic understanding and retention."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLynette Haddock
    Release dateAug 15, 2015
    ISBN9781310220593
    Major Scales and Key Signatures A Little Help…Please!
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    Lynette Haddock

    (Lynette Haddock (pen name Grammy Lyn) is also the children's author of "The Three Spunkiens Find a Monkey," "The Three Spunkiens on Safari," "The Three Siblings and the Weird Hill," and "Stop with the Squawk!" under the pen name of "Grammy Lyn." Growing up in Nigeria and Ghana, West Africa, and traveling the African continent, Grammy Lyn's children's books are full of animal adventure.) Having taught music (Elementary, Junior High, and College) for over thirty years, Professor Haddock writes from the experience of explaining the basic building blocks of music to students. With thirty years at the college level, L C Haddock has taught classes in Fundamentals of Music, as well as Theory and Musicianship (Sightsinging and Eartraining). Understanding how students learn has enabled her to concentrate on the smallest teachable concepts, hone her craft of presenting those concepts to her students, and watch the students successfully master the concepts. In her words, "Textbooks sometimes lose track of the essential thread upon which most music concepts are based—key signatures. The reason we teach fundamentals of music is because there really are basic fundamentals in music. These fundamentals are the underpinnings of the superb music of the ages. They are used over and over and can be learned. My goal is to write mini-books that focus on mastery of these fundamentals, spiraling conceptual learning by systematically building new learning upon previous learning. Key signatures need to be learned before attempting scales. Once students learn key signatures, they can build and analyze chords, build and analyze intervals, and write major and minor scales. Building concept upon concept with intentional reinforcement of previous concepts results in solid academic understanding and retention."

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      Major Scales and Key Signatures A Little Help…Please! - Lynette Haddock

      Major Scales and Key Signatures

      A Little Help…Please!

      by

      Lynette Haddock, MME

      Copyright © 2015 Lynette Cobb Haddock

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      About the Book

      The purpose of this short book is as a supplement in learning major scales and key signatures. If a student of music wants to understand the why and how of major scales and key signatures, this will supplement other information on the subject. Concepts are presented sequentially in small, teachable segments. Students have been the recipients of this methodology and have over the years expressed gratitude for Professor Haddock’s notes. Anyone interested in becoming more adept at understanding major scales and key signatures will find this book helpful.

      Major Scales

      Introduction to Major Scales

      Try playing this scale on a keyboard or keyboard app.)

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      That is a major scale. From 1600–1900, composers carefully organized their music on the scale—either the major or the minor scale.

      Melodies are based on scales because the pitches that are used in a particular melody come from the same scale. Although melodies are based on scales, very few melodies consist entirely of a complete scale. One very familiar song that does contain a scale is Joy to the World, which begins with a descending scale.

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