To which notes do flats need to be added to make the following scale minor? A scale is displayed on the staff with D as tonic. The notes of the scale appear in the following order: D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D.
(1 point)
Responses
F and C
F and C
B and E
B and E
B
B
D
The correct answer is F and C.
To make the scale minor, flats need to be added to the third and seventh notes. In this case, the third note is F and the seventh note is C. Hence, the correct answer is F and C.
To determine which notes need to be flattened to make a scale minor, we can look at the natural minor scale formula. The natural minor scale is defined as a pattern of whole steps (W) and half steps (H) between the notes.
The formula for the natural minor scale is:
W H W W H W W
Using the given scale with D as the tonic:
D – E – F – G – A – B – C – D
We can see that the notes in the scale are already following the natural minor scale pattern, so no additional notes need to be flattened. Therefore, the correct answer is D.