Year 10 Unit 2: Scales, Chords and Harmony Assessment

What is a scale?

• A scale is a pattern of crotchets

• A scale is a pattern of tones and semitones

• A scale is a pattern of accidentals

• A scale is the time signature

How many semitones make a tone?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Is the interval between C and D a tone or semitone?

• Tone

• Semitone

Is the interval between E and F a tone or semitone?

• Tone

• Semitone

Is the interval between G sharp and A a tone or semitone?

• Tone

• Semitone

Insert the name of the correct accidental: A ____________ sign raises the note by a semitone.

Insert the name of the correct accidental: A ____________ sign lowers the note by a semitone.

Insert the name of the correct accidental: A ____________ sign restores the note to its original position.

What is the pattern of tones and semitones that makes the major scale? (T = tone, S = semitone)

• T T T S T T S

• T S T S T S T

• S S T S S S T

• T T S T T T S

Use the pattern of tones and semitones to complete the notes of the C Major scale. Type in the letters, do not use spaces! There are four missing notes.

C _ _ _ _ A B C