Scale Degree Numbers, Technical Terms and the Pentatonic Scale

NOTES:

* The following table should be read from bottom to top, just like a scale.

* Scale degree number “8” is called “1”, because they are the same note, an octave apart.

Number	Technical name	Major solfa	Minor [harmonic] solfa
1	tonic	doh	la
7	leading note	ti	se
6	submediant	la	fa
5	dominant	soh	me
4	subdominant	fa	ray
3	mediant	me	doh
2	supertonic	ray	ti
1	tonic	doh	la

WE also looked at THE [anhemitonic] PENTATONIC SCALE

Pentatonic = “5 note scale”

Anhemitonic = “without semitones”

1. Write the following notes of the C major scale on the staff:

tonic, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, tonic.

2. Write the appropriate solfa names [major] under each of the notes.

3. Play and / or sing it through.

Have a look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk

(World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale)

Here's our worksheet:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9JdpU-tw7FuQlg1TEx4bnRxU1U