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Tonality and Tonal Center

1. "Center" of a Scale? In the previous session, I introduced two scales as the most fundamental scales in Western music. C Major Scale A Minor Scale Comparing the two scales, the only difference is where scales start, which tones work as the central tones. But what does it mean by start or center? It's about music, the invisible art.…
yuta
June 11, 2024
C-I: Basic System

Monism in Tonality

Before getting deeper into chord theory, I'd like talk about the concept "key" in a little more detail. 1. Major Key or Minor Key Traditional Western music theory is based on the thesis that a song can be classified either as "major key" or "minor key". Each key represents the corresponding scale—major scale and minor scale, respectively. Major Key Minor…
yuta
April 29, 2022
Preparation

Key and Key Signature

1. Key It is explained before that all the instruments should (basically) play the same scale in a scene of a song. To designate a scale, we have another term : . When a song is made mainly with C major scale, we say like... This song is in the key of C major. Saying that "This song is C…
yuta
June 11, 2024