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Chapter 26

Tetrachords

Major Scales

Scaffold
Book2
Unit 7Major Scales
Levelintermediate

Lesson Content

TODO: Write the full lesson explanation here

Examples
TODO: Add notation examples

Key Concepts

tetrachord4-note groupW-W-H patternscale building blocks

Rules

01

A tetrachord is a group of 4 notes with the pattern: Whole-Whole-Half

02

Two tetrachords joined by a whole step = a major scale

03

Lower tetrachord (scale degrees 1-4) + upper tetrachord (5-8)

04

The top note of one tetrachord's key becomes the start of the next key's scale

MIDI Data

{
  "tetrachord_pattern": [
    0,
    2,
    4,
    5
  ],
  "example_C": [
    60,
    62,
    64,
    65
  ],
  "example_G": [
    67,
    69,
    71,
    72
  ]
}

Exercises

Practice
1

TODO: Write human exercises for Tetrachords

AI-Generated
1

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Tags

#tetrachord#scale_construction#pattern

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