D Major Scale Bass Clef Solfege

Practice jumping around the chart randomly singing first then checking your pitch accuracy.

D major scale bass clef solfege. In fact it is well worth learning to read the entire grand staff in. Select the appropriate clef treble or bass click on one of the keys. Cb db db eb fb gb ab bb cb that s it for the bass clef major scales. Fixed do and movable do.

The notes on the bass staff follow the same pattern as other notes on the music staff. E g b d f a c the bottom line of the bass staff is a g. Major scales are constructed with the formula w w h w w w h. W represents a whole step while h represents a half step.

Beginning with bass clef. The lower tetrachord of a d major scale is made up of the notes d e f and g. Here s a chart showing scale degree numbers solfege syllables and traditional scale degree names. Because these are the note names in these languages in these countries fixed do solfège is taught which means that the note names are sung regardless of key.

From d we will take a whole step to e. Here are the notation examples for alto clef. There are two kinds of solfege systems. Listen to example 1 to hear a major scale ascending.

The black keys of the piano to review half and whole steps. From the note e we will take another whole step to f. A major scale is an ordered collection of half abbreviated h and whole steps abbreviated w in the following ascending succession. Notation examples in alto clef.

Notation examples in tenor clef. Click on the image to hear the appropriate solfege syllable and pitch. Parallel key of d major or homonymous key is d minor scale here is the d harmonic minor scale. Thus c c sharp c flat c double sharp or double flat are always do no matter their harmonic context similarly d d sharp d flat d double sharp or double flat are always re regardless of what key the music may be in.

Leading tone of d major the leading tone of d major is c sharp because c sharp is the degree vii and is distant to a seventh major of the tonic or an half step semitone lower than the tonic. Let s build a d major scale starting on d. If you d like more information on treble clef scales go to major scales if you want to see the fingerings to play the scales on the piano go to piano scales. In a movable do system the note to which assign the syllable do is the main note or tonic of the key and scale that we re in.

Practice solfege with the circle of fifths interactive tool how to use this tool. For example if we were in d major d would be do with e being re f being mi and so on. A scale is an ordered collection of half and whole steps see chapter 5.