![]() But the problem is that sometimes the word 'scales' is interchangeably used with 'keys'. They are just a bunch of notes the composer decided to use in his music. My study was going well until I stumbled upon keys and scales. You cannot say that g minor and Gb major are parallel keys because they are a half step apart, therefore not the same exact pitch.I am a Tabla (a North Indian percussion instrument) player and I am trying to learn the western music theory. Also, be sure that you aren't just basing the parallel keys off of the letter assigned to tonic. In my above example, it demonstrates this fact. The major can have flats in it's key signature and the parallel minor can have sharps. *Things to look out for when finding parallel keys* Parallel keys do not necessarily have one type of accidental in both key signatures. What's the parallel major key to f# minor (3 sharps)? It is F# major (6 sharps). These two keys are parallel keys because they share the same tonic. G major has one sharp and g minor has two flats. This means that parallel keys in no way share the same key signature. Parallel keys- A parallel key is a key that starts on the same tonic as another.What is the relative minor to f minor? It is Ab major because they both have a key signature of four flats. Why? Because they both have a key signature of one sharp. If you were to be asked what is the relative minor key to G major, you would say e minor. ![]() Relative keys- a relative key is a major or minor scale that shares the same key signature.Because the scales have a key signature in common there are two terms you should know. If we began a scale on C, that's the tonic of the scale and from their we build the scale based on the predetermined whole and half steps.Īs you see above, the key signatures are shared between major and minor scales, they just start on two different tonics. The half steps are between 3 and 4, and 7 and 8. The major scale is seven different pitches separated by whole steps and two half steps. The first one we will study is the major scale. Now onto the different types of diatonic scales. Subdominant is below Dominant, Submediant is below tonic (that's the most confusing), and subtonic is below tonic. The prefix SUB is always used below a tone. As I said above, supertonic is ABOVE tonic and subtonic is BELOW tonic. ![]() Because this tone is not used that often, it is often confused with supertonic. This note does not have the same intensity to move to tonic as the leading tone does, which is why composers often didn't use the natural minor throughout their entire piece. ![]() Subtonic is used in the natural minor scale when the 7th degree is a whole step below tonic. This note is unstable because it wants to go to tonic. Leading tone is used in scales where there is a half step between the 7th scale degree and tonic. The name used depends on which scale is being used
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