Section 1: Scales Cipher Puzzle
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Please feel free to use the provided notes to solve the puzzle...
Please feel free to use the provided notes to solve the puzzle...
Terms: the staff, treble clef, bass clef, C clef, F clef, G clef, grand staff, half steps, whole steps, chromatic, whole tone scale, accidentals (sharp, flat, natural), note names, scale degrees, major, minor, key signature, circle of fifths
Section 1: Scale NotesThe Staff consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces.
To make sense of the musical alphabet on the staff we have several clefs: 1. The “G” or treble clef: this is called the “G” clef because the clef curls around the 2nd line of the staff which is the note “G”. This is used for higher pitched instruments such as flute, oboe, and violin. 2. The “F” or bass clef: this is called the “F” clef because the clef curls around the 4th line of the staff which is the note “F”. This is used for lower pitched instruments such as the tuba, trombone, cello, and bass. 3. The moveable “C” clef goes by many names depending on which line it is centered on. When it is centered on the 3rd line of the staff it is called the alto clef - instruments such as the viola read this. Other “C” clefs include the soprano centered around the 1st line; mezzo-soprano centered around the 2nd line; the tenor clef centered around the 4th line - the bassoon, trombone and cello will occasionally read this clef; and the baritone clef centered around the 5th line. The grand staff combines the treble and bass clefs. Illustrated is 4 octaves of a diatonic C scale. The musical alphabet is only 7 letters ABCDEFG and repeats. Scales are made up of half steps and whole steps. Half steps (H) are one semitone above/below a given pitch. And there are 12 semitones in an octave (from C to C for example, C3 to C4). Whole steps (W) are two semitones above/below a given pitch. In the major scale the half/whole step pattern is: WWHWWWH. A scale of all semitones/half steps is called a chromatic scale and requires the use of accidentals.
A scale of all whole steps (2 semitones) is called a whole tone scale. Scales that combine whole and half steps can be categorized into two larger groups: Major and minor. 1. As mentioned before, Major scales follow the semitone pattern WWHWWWH. Each note in the major scale is given a degree name to correlate with its function:
2. Minor scales have 3 forms - natural, harmonic and melodic.
Key signatures use a set of half and whole steps to “center“ around a single tonality or “tonic” aka the principal note of a scale. For example, in the major and minor scales showed in prior excerpts, “C” was referred to as the tonic. These keys are organized by the circle of fifths (clockwise) - the fifth refers to intervals (for example 5 notes away from C is G). Minor keys have 2 ways of being organized within this circle.
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The verbal notes follow the written ones so I highly recommend you follow along with BOTH the written and visual notes while listening along.
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Puzzle #1: Decode and define the following 6 terms.
SHIFT 3 LETTERS
1. UECNG
2. I ENGH
3. OGNQFKE OKPQT
4. EJTQOCVKE
5. OCLQT
6. VQPKE
2. I ENGH
3. OGNQFKE OKPQT
4. EJTQOCVKE
5. OCLQT
6. VQPKE
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