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</p></li><li><p>for the sake of easily referring to the sounds, we name them;
<strong>the commonly agreed number of notes are 12 composing of an octave</strong>;
</p></li><li><p>scales are the flavor of the song;
certain genres are often written in some scales (e.g., blues are often written in Emaj)
</p></li><li><p>major scales; WWhWWWh
</p></li><li><p>minor scales; WWWhWWh
</p></li><li><p></p></li></ul><h1 id="exercises">Exercises</h1><ul><li><p>practice applying the major scale for 5
</p><ul><li><p>D E Fb G A B C# D
</p></li><li><p>E# G A A# C D E E# </p></li><li><p>A# C D D# F G A A#
</p></li><li><p>G A B C D E F# G
</p></li><li><p>C D E F G A B C
</p></li><li><p>A B C# D E F# G# A
</p></li></ul></li><li><p>practice getting familiar with their letter names
</p><ul><li><p>assuming A# is the root of the major scale
</p><ul><li><p>A# is the first
</p></li><li><p>C is the second of A#maj
</p></li><li><p>D# is the fourth of A#maj
</p></li><li><p>D is the third
</p></li><li><p>G is the sixth of A#maj
</p></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><p>practice making triads from first through sixth degrees of a major scale
</p><ul><li><p>G major scale:
</p><ul><li><p>G B D = Gmaj
</p></li><li><p>A C E = Amin
</p></li><li><p>B D F# = Bmin
</p></li><li><p>C E G = Cmaj
</p></li><li><p>D F# A = Dmaj
</p></li><li><p>E G B = Emin
</p></li><li><p>F# A C = F#dim
</p></li></ul></li><li><p>A major scale:
</p><ul><li><p>A C# E = Amaj
</p></li><li><p>B D F# = Bmin
</p></li><li><p>C# E G# = C#min
</p></li><li><p>D F# A = Dmaj
</p></li><li><p>E G# B = Emaj
</p></li><li><p>F# A C# = F#min
</p></li><li><p>G# B D = G#dim
</p></li></ul></li><li><p>C major scale:
</p><ul><li><p>C E G = Cmaj
</p></li><li><p>D F A = Dmin
</p></li><li><p>E G B = Emin
</p></li><li><p>F A C = Fmaj
</p></li><li><p>G B D = Gmaj
</p></li><li><p>A C E = Amin
</p></li><li><p>B D F = Bdim
</p></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><p>each of them has a certain pattern: maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, dim
</p></li><li><p>practice making chord progressions with numbers
</p><ul><li><p>1 4 2 5 in G and A key
</p></li><li><p>4 2 1 1 6 in E
</p></li><li><p>3 1 4 in C
</p></li></ul></li></ul><pre class="src-block"><code class="language-lilypond">
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