AP Music Theory

Chapter 2 – Part 2

Scale Relationships

• By products of the organizational theme of major and minor scales…

• Relative Relationship and the Parallel Relationship.

Relative Relationship

• A major and minor scale that have the same key signature have a RELATIVE relationship.

• To find any relative minor of any major scale, find the 6TH scale degree (of the major scale)

• That is the TONIC of the relative minor.

Relative Minor

Relative Minor

• To find the relative MAJOR of a minor key, find the third degree of the minor scale.

• This tone is the TONIC of the relative major key.

Parallel Relationship

• A major and minor scale that begin on the same tonic note are said to be in PARALLEL relationship.

Relative Relationships