Exploring Major and Minor Scales in Music Theory

This video tutorial covers key signatures, major and minor scales, and the concept of relative minors. It explains how to build scales using sharps and flats, and provides examples of minor scales. The tutorial also explores the three forms of minor scales: natural, harmonic, and melodic, detailing their unique characteristics and how they relate to major scales.

What was the main topic of the first video in this series?

• Chord progressions

• Key signatures

• Minor scales

• Rhythm patterns

Which mnemonic helps in memorizing the order of sharps?

• Every Good Boy Does Fine

• Fast Cars Go Down Around Every Bend

• All Cows Eat Grass

• Good Boys Do Fine Always

How do you determine the key of a scale with sharps?

• Go to the first sharp and move down a line or space

• Go to the rightmost sharp and move up a line or space

• Use the mnemonic 'Every Good Boy Does Fine'

• Count the number of sharps and subtract one

What is the second-to-last flat in the order of flats?

• A flat

• E flat

• B flat

• D flat

How do you find the relative minor of a major scale?

• Start on the fifth scale degree of the major scale

• Start on the sixth scale degree of the major scale

• Start on the seventh scale degree of the major scale

• Start on the third scale degree of the major scale

What is the relative minor of D major?

• E minor

• C minor

• B minor

• A minor

Which note is the sixth scale degree in a G major scale?

• E

• F

• B

• A

What is the key signature for a G minor scale?

• One flat

• Two flats

• Two sharps

• One sharp

Which form of the minor scale has a raised seventh degree?

• Natural minor

• Harmonic minor

• Melodic minor

• Pentatonic minor

In the melodic minor scale, which degrees are raised when ascending?

• Sixth and seventh

• Third and fifth

• Second and fourth

• Fourth and sixth