MUSC 266: Assignment 3 NAME:_________________________________________

Write the following scales/modes. You may use key signatures however you choose.
1. The (0,2) whole-tone scale beginning on Gb

2. Two different (i.e., using at least some different pitches) major pentatonic scales containing Ab

3. Two different (i.e., using at least some different pitches) octatonic scales containing both C and
F#

4. E Phrygian scale in bass clef

5. Bb Dorian scale in alto clef

6. D Lydian scale in treble clef

Write the following chords in four or more voices as necessary:

7. Db(add9) 8. Db(9) 9. G13 10. Gadd6 11. Eb (polychord) 12. Eb7 (polychord)
G a
13. any whole-tone chord containing E 14. 5 x 4 on F# 15. 4 x 4 on C#

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The excerpt below suggests several scales, all with D as a tonal center. Be sure to consider the
accompaniment in your answers to the following questions.

16. What scale is used in mm. 1–9?

17. What scale is used in mm. 9–11?
18. What scale is used in mm. 13–17?
19. There are eight pitch classes (i.e., eight different notes in various octaves) in mm. 18–19. Do
these pitch classes form an octatonic scale?