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Contents
- 01The major scale is a formula, not a list
- 02What a semitone is, on the piano and on the staff
- 03The natural minor scale: same bricks, different order
- 04What the key of a song is
- 05The key signature and how to read it
- 06Two shortcuts for naming the key
- 07The relative minor: same signature, different center
- 08The circle of fifths as a working tool
- 09How to tell what key a song is in
- 10Degrees and functions: tonic, subdominant and dominant
- 11Transposing: what changes and what doesn't
- 12What you do with this next time you sing
ProLesson 10 of 12 · Music theory · 26 min read
Scales and key
How a scale is built, what the key signature tells you, and why singers transpose.
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