Serial (12-Tone) Composition
12-Tone Serial Compositions Serialism is an Avant Garde composition technique that was invented in the 1920s by a composer called Schoenberg. In a serial or “12-tone” composition, the composer begins …
12-Tone Serial Compositions Serialism is an Avant Garde composition technique that was invented in the 1920s by a composer called Schoenberg. In a serial or “12-tone” composition, the composer begins …
Modes in Music What does “Mode” mean in music? The term “mode” has two distinct meanings. It can refer to “church modes” which were used to classify Gregorian chant in …
Whare are musical scales? There are many types of musical scale. A scale is a series of notes which is fixed by a particular pattern of tones and semitones. Semitones …
When you need to work out what key some music is in, there are some important rules to follow and some common traps avoid! Use the key signature – this …
Identifying the Key The key signature at the start of a piece of music represents one major key, and one minor key. In sharp major keys, the sharp written furthest …
Key Signatures Chart Here are all the key signatures up to 7 sharps/flats in the four clefs – treble, bass, alto and tenor.
Identifying the Prevailing Key To work out the prevailing key at any point in a piece of music, remember that chords generally belong to one of three types: These 2 …
Key ID and Chromatic Notes The key signature at the start of a piece of music represents one major key, and one minor key. To work out whether the piece …
The Whole Tone Scale The whole-tone scale is a six-note scale, where each note is a tone (whole step) higher/lower than the next. There are two varieties: Since the interval …
A# Minor A# minor is the relative minor key to C# major. Both have 7 sharps in the key signature. Here are the A# harmonic minor scales: And the A# …