L2 Rhythm and Scale Spelling
L2 Rhythm and Scale Spelling
L2 Rhythm and Scale Spelling
RHYTHM EXERCISE 1
RHYTHM EXERCISE 3
RHYTHM EXERCISE 9
Rhythm terminology
Anacrusis Syncopation Dotted Rests Polyrhythms/
notes
phrasing conjunct/ disjunct augmentation/ diminution intervals triadic/ chromatic/ pentatonic/ diatonic/ whole tone note row blues note fragmentation inversion/ retrograde sequence motivic development heterophony slide/ portamento ornamentation ostinato
SCALES NB:
use of and indicates semi-tone lower/ higher of the notes found in its major scale
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Major Natural Minor Pentatonic major Pentatonic minor Harmonic Minor Blues Scale
Modes
Chromatic
4 4 5 6 6 7
7 8
Whole tone Jazz Melodic minor Altered Whole/half diminished Half/ whole diminished
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4
5 5 6 6 6 6 7
8 8
4 5 4 5
7 7 7 7
8 8 8
4 5