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Name: Major Keys and Scales
ID: m10851
Language: English (en)
Summary: A scale is a list of all the notes in a key. Major scales all follow the same interval pattern.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: keys, major keys, major scales, scales
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)

Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)

Version: 2.20 (history)
Created: Sep 16, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Aug 8, 2008 2:12 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.20 Aug 8, 2008 2:12 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
moved "how to decide if major or minor" to harmonic analysis; added link

Version: 2.19 Aug 5, 2008 3:01 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Added "how to decide if it's major or minor" list.

Version: 2.18 Oct 3, 2007 12:32 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
corrected typo

Version: 2.17 Mar 1, 2007 1:26 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
small changes in wording of example and problem

Version: 2.16 Feb 28, 2007 2:17 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added outline svg and eps files

Version: 2.15 Jan 23, 2007 2:27 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added eps CNXML

Version: 2.14 Sep 25, 2006 5:12 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added more audio examples

Version: 2.13 Aug 25, 2006 3:57 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Replaced figure 1 with clearer version, and added links.

Version: 2.12 Jan 31, 2006 6:13 pm US/Central by Chuck Bearden
Changes:
Uploaded fixed EPS file.

Version: 2.11 Jan 31, 2006 2:54 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
minor changes in text and figures

Version: 2.10 Jan 25, 2006 11:43 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Updated figures and used a different musical example in figure 5.

Version: 2.9 May 17, 2005 7:53 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
update to cxnml-0.5

Version: 2.8 Apr 20, 2005 1:53 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Corrected error in problem one

Version: 2.7 Oct 11, 2004 11:18 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Added audio examples. Rewrote some text.

Version: 2.6 Apr 21, 2004 2:28 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
added links

Version: 2.5 Oct 2, 2003 10:24 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Added links

Version: 2.4 Feb 6, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added some audio examples

Version: 2.3 Jan 30, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added audio examples

Version: 2.2 Dec 17, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added keywords and abstract

Version: 2.1 Dec 4, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
New module

Version: 2.0 Sep 16, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Added initial template for new module m10851

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