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• #Types of music keys series#

The Locrian mode has five notes in its scale flattened a half-step.

#Types of music keys series#

Tunes that emply the mixolydian mode include The Beatles' 'Norwegian Wood', the theme to the TV series of Star Trek and Debussy's 'The Sunken Cathedral'.Īeolian is the natural minor scale, heard in such popular songs as Bob Dylan’s 'All along the watchtower' or REM's 'Losing my Religion'. The single tone that differentiates this scale from the major scale is its seventh note, which is a flattened seventh rather than a major seventh. 15, the theme tune to 'The Simpsons', and the third movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. Music that employs the Lydian mode includes Chopin's Mazurka No. The Lydian mode has just one note changed from the Ionian, a major scale, but with the fourth note from the bottom sharpened to give a slightly unsettling sound. Music that uses the Phyrigian mode include Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherezade, Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and the final aria of Philip Glass's Satyagraha. For a beginner, 66 keys are sufficient for learning to play, and you can play most music on a 72-key instrument. The Phrygian dominant is also known as the Spanish gypsy scale, because it resembles the scales found in flamenco music. Most keyboards come with 66, 72, or 88 keys. The only difference is in the second note, which is a minor second not a major. It is also very similar to the modern natural minor scale. Good examples of the use of Dorian mode in music are 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson, 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple and the traditional Scarborough Fair. The only difference is in the sixth note, which is a major sixth above the first note, rather than a minor sixth. The Dorian mode is very similar to the modern natural minor scale. The white keys on a piano represent major keys or notes. It is composed of natural notes beginning on C.Ī typical example of music in the Ionian mode would be Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, or Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto in C major. Before we proceed, lets understand a little about musical notes. The Ionian mode is a simple ‘doh re mi’ major key. Some modes are sadder or holier than others. Some of them are major modes, some are minor, and some are ambiguous. So, the list goes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. The seven main categories of mode have been part of musical notation since the middle ages. It’s also common to see strophic form represented in blues music, chants, and in some instances of Classical music.

Each of those A’s represents a short verse, normally 8 to 16 measures long.

This is because the material is repeated so much. In order to remove the flat or sharp you need to add a natural, that removes the sharp of flat for one bar and you can add it any where to block or cancel the sharp or flat.Read more: What is the point of practising scales? How many modes are there? Strophic form is most commonly seen in popular music, folk music, or music that is verse based. You can add sharps and flats during the piece that are not already placed at the beginning of the piece. There are two scales that don't have sharps or flats and those are C major and A minor. There are in total of seven flats and sharps, the flat looks like a "b" and the sharp looks like a "#".į sharp, C sharp, G sharp, D sharp, A sharp, E sharp and B sharpĪnd seven flats~.B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, G flat, C flat and F flat, that is the order that they are placed on a music sheet on both treble and bass clef. There is a key signature for each scale in minor and major scale. They are listed on every line of music, which signifies what key the composer has chosen. This is to avoid the repetition of accidentals in the score. The key signature is something that is in music showing what black key(or sometimes white key, for example, E# or Cb) you need to play and that is sharps or flats.