Phrygian: The Musical Scales, Keys, and Mode Game Created by Ruth Paget
Objective:
Learn the vocabulary or jargon of musical scales, keys, and mode in Barron’s AP (Advanced Placement) Music Theory Test Preparation book. Learning the vocabulary first makes learning concepts and understanding the illustrations in the third chapter of Barron’s AP Music easier.
Some junior colleges and colleges will award college credit for a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Music Theory Examination. Having college credit awarded for one class saves on tuition money.
Some high schools offer AP test preparation. Some businesses like Princeton Review and Kaplan can find tutors for the AP Music Theory Examination.
Skills and Related Jobs:
Mastering AP Music Theory will allow you to read and write down music.
Related jobs include composer, musician (if you practice), singer (if you practice), concert organizer, and music industry writer.
Materials Needed:
-Barron’s AP Music Theory Test Preparation book
-index cards
-markers
-access to Google pronunciation
Number of Players:
1,2,4, or a group of single players for a society game
Method:
-Create flash cards with the vocabulary word on the front and the definition, symbol, and the demonstration notes on the back. Look in AP Music Theory for this information.
-Learn words two at a time.
-When you have learned ten words, test yourself on spelling and meaning.
-Continue to test yourself on ten words at at time till you have learned all the words.
-Once you have learned the vocabulary words, read the third chapter two or three times to see if you understand the concepts.
-Finally, practice doing the exercises on separate sheets of paper first, so you can correct answers.
Play Phrygian till you learn the following words:
*Diatonic Scale/Chord Names
-tonic
-supertonic
-mediant
-subdominant
-submediant
-raised submediant
-subtonic
-leading tone
*scales/keys/modes
-accidental
-Blues scale
-Circle of Fifths
-chromatic,chromatism
-diatonic
-key
-key signature
-major and minor pentachord
-major tetrachord
-major (Ionian)
*Minor
-harmonic minor
-melodic minor (ascending/descending)
-natural minor
*Mode
-Ionian
-Dorian
-Phrygian
-Lydian
-Mixolydian
-Aeolian
-Locrian
-modality
-moveable-Do Solfege System
-Octatonic Scale (Diminished Scale)
-parallel key (parallel major or parallel minor)
-Pentatonic Scale
-relative key (relative major or relative minor)
-scalar variance
-tonal
-tonality
-tonic
-whole-tone scale
Have fun learning the building blocks of music!
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
