the c minor scale is the _______ of the c major scale.
a. enharmonic
b. chromatic
c. parallel major
d. parallel minor
What is your answer?
What's the definition of each term? What key do the scales start on? (Still confused? What key do they end on?)
Yes I'm still confused
1. What does enharmonic mean?
2. What does chromatic mean?
3. What does parallel major mean?
4. What does parallel minor mean?
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5. What key does c minor and C Major start on?
I have it the answer is d. right?
Well for saxophone, it would start on a f sharp, I think
The C minor scale is the parallel major of the C major scale
Answer: Parallel major
The correct answer is d. parallel minor.
To understand why the C minor scale is the parallel minor of the C major scale, let's look at the definition of parallel scales.
Parallel scales are scales that have the same starting note (tonic), but different tonal centers. In simpler terms, they start on the same note but have different "moods" or qualities.
The C major scale consists of the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, where C is the tonic or starting note.
To create the C minor scale, we need to lower the third, sixth, and seventh notes of the C major scale. In this case, we lower the E, A, and B notes to get the C minor scale: C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C.
Because both the C major scale and the C minor scale start on the note C but have different tonal structures, we say that they are parallel to each other. Therefore, the correct answer is d. parallel minor.