3. Keys, Scales and Technical Names of Notes - Exercises

Technical Names of Notes

1. Give the technical name (tonic, dominant, etc) of:

1. the note C in A minor
2. the note C# in C# major
3. the note D in G major
4. the note Eb in C minor
5. the note E in D major
6. the note E# in F# minor
7. the note F in Ab major  
8. the note F# in A major
9. the note G in D minor
10. the note Ab in C minor
11. the note A in G major
12. the note Bb in Eb major
13. the note B# in C# minor

2. Name the note which is:

1. the dominant in B minor
2. the tonic in Bb major
3. the submediant in F minor
4. the leading note in A minor
5. the supertonic in F# minor
6. the subdominant in C major
7. the mediant in Bb minor

Keys

1. Complete the following table

2. Name the major and minor keys which use these key signatures:

Scales

1. Write out one octave of the following scales in semibreves, using a key signature and accidentals where necessary:

a) B minor harmonic ascending

b) B major descending

c) C minor melodic descending

d) G# minor harmonic descending

e) Db major ascending

f) Bb minor melodic ascending

g) F# minor harmonic ascending