8: MORE NOTE NUMBERS
Each major scale has 8 notes, starting and ending with the keynote. It is logical therefore that the note numbers should follow, low to high, from 1 – 8, with 1 and 8 having the same name.
Therefore the notes in between must have numbers too – and they do. i.e. 2 – 7
So, if we take our major scale of G as an example, we can see that notes 1 – 7 are A B C D E F#.
According to Section 6 the Major Triads are constructed with notes 1, 3, 5. By adding some of the other note numbers into the Triad you can create chords of other colours and sounds e.g. by adding the 6th note of the G major scale into the chord you create a G Major 6th. Add in the 4th and remove the 3rd at the same time and you’ve created a G Suspended 4th. I call it the “Numbers Game”, and you don’t need a music degree to play it, just some understanding of chord shapes, Tones and Semitones, and the note numbers in the scale.
And, of course, an ability to listen and hear what’s happening.
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