Music GCSE
Major scale construction
What Major scale construction means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Major scale construction
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Major tonality is built from a major scale, and the rest of the scale pattern follows from the major 3rd between scale degrees 1 and 3.
Topics that use Major scale construction
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Tonality (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cadences and modulation
- Effect of omitting semitone steps
- Interval calculation
- Interval of a minor third
- Interval recognition
- Key signatures
- Major and minor patterns
- Minor scale construction
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