Music GCSE
Scale and mode
What Scale and mode means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Scale and mode
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The notes of a scale or mode relate to a principal note, and modes and other pitch organisations are covered by the wider term.
Topics that use Scale and mode
- 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
- Major scale construction
Using Scale and mode in the exam
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