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Scale Color · Teacher pack

Hear major and natural minor scale patterns.

beginner · 10 questions · 90 quarter-note BPM · Pack 710041

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Teacher instructions

Play each numbered question from this page. Use the same replay policy for all learners. Keep the answer section separate until the first response is recorded. For tapping tasks, record an observation on paper; use the online trainer for device-timed scoring.

Start with the labeled lesson examples. Play each question at the printed tempo, record the first response, then allow a correction. Use the online trainer for a separate new-question check.

Student practice sheet

Name: __________________________ Date: __________________

Identify the pattern across different tonics. In the descending preset, follow the whole sequence back toward the tonic.

  1. Question 1

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  2. Question 2

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  3. Question 3

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  4. Question 4

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  5. Question 5

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  6. Question 6

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  7. Question 7

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  8. Question 8

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  9. Question 9

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

  10. Question 10

    Listen to the numbered example and select an answer.

    • □ Major scale
    • □ Natural minor
    First answer: __________________________________________________
    Correction after review: ________________________________________

After practice

One distinction I can explain: __________________________________

One skill to revisit: __________________________________________

Teacher answer key

Scale Color · Pack 710041 · 90 quarter-note BPM. These answers match the numbered student sheet.

  1. Question 1

    Major scale

    Major scale on C#4: 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: C#4 · D#4 · F4 · F#4 · G#4 · A#4 · C5 · C#5

  2. Question 2

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on C4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: C4 · D4 · D#4 · F4 · G4 · G#4 · A#4 · C5

  3. Question 3

    Major scale

    Major scale on C4: 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: C4 · D4 · E4 · F4 · G4 · A4 · B4 · C5

  4. Question 4

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on F4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: F4 · G4 · G#4 · A#4 · C5 · C#5 · D#5 · F5

  5. Question 5

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on E4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: E4 · F#4 · G4 · A4 · B4 · C5 · D5 · E5

  6. Question 6

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on C4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: C4 · D4 · D#4 · F4 · G4 · G#4 · A#4 · C5

  7. Question 7

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on D#4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: D#4 · F4 · F#4 · G#4 · A#4 · B4 · C#5 · D#5

  8. Question 8

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on G4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: G4 · A4 · A#4 · C5 · D5 · D#5 · F5 · G5

  9. Question 9

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on D#4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: D#4 · F4 · F#4 · G#4 · A#4 · B4 · C#5 · D#5

  10. Question 10

    Natural minor

    Natural minor scale on F4: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 semitones above the tonic.

    Sounding pitches: F4 · G4 · G#4 · A#4 · C5 · C#5 · D#5 · F5

Keep three observations separate

First independent responses: __________________________________

Corrections on the same questions: ____________________________

New-question check on a later set: _____________________________

Classify new scales from their interval pattern; a familiar starting pitch is not the answer.