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fpa 104?

bleed.the.mannequin
edited October 2008 in General
anyone in fpa 104? I need help with page 114...the diatonic tone names chart. How do u kno if u put i flat or sharp in certain boxes?

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  • vonnie
    edited October 2008
    Use the clues in the other boxes.
  • bleed.the.mannequin
    edited October 2008
    i tried...but i dont understand
  • vonnie
    edited October 2008
    There's only a certain number of keys that you can fit in the boxes... just trial and error first and you'll understand.
  • schmoey
    edited October 2008
    Whoah vonnie you took/are taking FPA 104? Cool =)

    If I've understood this correctly, because these are all major diatonic scales, I would start by filling in the scale with the correct accidentals in the key signature (e.g. for the 2nd degree, fill in D E F# G A B C# D). From there, fill in the rest keeping in mind that this is diatonic, you want to try to have a different letter for each step (obviously this is unavoidable when you're going from say Gb to G).. but for the most part, most of the rest you're filling in will probably be the next note flattened.

    Does that make sense?
  • vonnie
    edited October 2008
    I took FPA 104 a few semesters ago. Easy credit ;)
  • bleed.the.mannequin
    edited October 2008
    yah i started off doing that for 2nd degree. but i checked my answer on webct...and its like...totally wrong. well not totally wrong, but its got flats AND sharps
  • schmoey
    edited October 2008
    That's what I was saying -- because it's diatonic, when you go up a semitone it's going to be a diatonic semitone, thus the letter is gonna change and you'll have a flat (this is independent of the scale itself which may already have sharps)

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