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Scale Identification

Identify each scale by tonic and type.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♯
    1.
  2. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭𝄫♭♭
    2.
  3. 𝄞♭♭♭
    3.
  4. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯
    4.
  5. 𝄞♭♭♭♭
    5.
  6. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯♯♯
    7.
  8. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    8.
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8 questions
Scale Identification

Identify each scale by tonic and type.

Answer Key
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♯
    D Harmonic Minor
    1.
  2. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭𝄫♭♭
    Gb Natural Minor
    2.
  3. 𝄞♭♭♭
    C Natural Minor
    3.
  4. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯
    C# Natural Minor
    4.
  5. 𝄞♭♭♭♭
    F Natural Minor
    5.
  6. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    F# Melodic Minor
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯♯♯
    B Harmonic Minor
    7.
  8. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    G# Melodic Minor
    8.
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Scale writing worksheet + answer key

Name the major scale from notation.

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8 questions
Scale Identification

Identify each scale by tonic and type.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♯
    1.
  2. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭𝄫♭♭
    2.
  3. 𝄞♭♭♭
    3.
  4. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯
    4.
  5. 𝄞♭♭♭♭
    5.
  6. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯♯♯
    7.
  8. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    8.
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8 questions
Scale Identification

Identify each scale by tonic and type.

Answer Key
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♯
    D Harmonic Minor
    1.
  2. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭𝄫♭♭
    Gb Natural Minor
    2.
  3. 𝄞♭♭♭
    C Natural Minor
    3.
  4. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯
    C# Natural Minor
    4.
  5. 𝄞♭♭♭♭
    F Natural Minor
    5.
  6. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    F# Melodic Minor
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯♯♯
    B Harmonic Minor
    7.
  8. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    G# Melodic Minor
    8.
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Sheet 01Answer key included
8 questions
Scale Identification

Identify each scale by tonic and type.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♯
    1.
  2. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭𝄫♭♭
    2.
  3. 𝄞♭♭♭
    3.
  4. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯
    4.
  5. 𝄞♭♭♭♭
    5.
  6. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯♯♯
    7.
  8. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    8.
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Major scales — identify

Name the major scale from notation.

Sheet 02Answer key included
8 questions
Scale Writing

Write each scale on the staff from the given tonic and type.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Write scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞

    Write scale

    C# Harmonic Minor

    1.
  2. 𝄞

    Write scale

    C# Natural Minor

    2.
  3. 𝄞

    Write scale

    A Natural Minor

    3.
  4. 𝄞

    Write scale

    D# Natural Minor

    4.
  5. 𝄞

    Write scale

    C# Major

    5.
  6. 𝄞

    Write scale

    Bb Natural Minor

    6.
  7. 𝄞

    Write scale

    A Melodic Minor

    7.
  8. 𝄞

    Write scale

    D Harmonic Minor

    8.
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Major scales — write

Write a major scale from the tonic.

Sheet 03Answer key included
8 questions
Scale Identification

Identify each scale by tonic and type.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♭
    1.
  2. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    2.
  3. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭𝄫♭♭
    3.
  4. 𝄞♭♭♭♭♭♭♭♭
    4.
  5. 𝄞
    5.
  6. 𝄞♭♭♭♭♭♭♭♭
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    7.
  8. 𝄞♭♭♭𝄫♭♭♭♭
    8.
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Natural minor scales

Identify natural minor scales.

Sheet 04Answer key included
8 questions
Scale Writing

Write each scale on the staff from the given tonic and type.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Write scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞

    Write scale

    C# Melodic Minor

    1.
  2. 𝄞

    Write scale

    C Natural Minor

    2.
  3. 𝄞

    Write scale

    D Major

    3.
  4. 𝄞

    Write scale

    C# Harmonic Minor

    4.
  5. 𝄞

    Write scale

    B# Harmonic Minor

    5.
  6. 𝄞

    Write scale

    Db Natural Minor

    6.
  7. 𝄞

    Write scale

    F# Melodic Minor

    7.
  8. 𝄞

    Write scale

    A# Major

    8.
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Harmonic minor scales

Write harmonic minor scales.

Sheet 05Answer key included
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Questions 1–8 of 18
Scale Writing & Identification

Practice identifying and writing scales.

Name:Date:
Clef: trebleScales: Identify scale, Write scale · Major / minor
  1. 𝄞♭♭♭♭♭𝄫♭♭
    1.
  2. 𝄞♭♭♭𝄫♭♭♭♭
    2.
  3. 𝄞♯♯♯
    3.
  4. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯♯
    4.
  5. 𝄞♯♯♯♯♯𝄪♯
    5.
  6. 𝄞♭♭𝄫𝄫♭𝄫𝄫♭
    6.
  7. 𝄞♯𝄪♯♯♯𝄪𝄪♯
    7.
  8. 𝄞♭♭𝄫♭♭♭♭♭
    8.
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Mixed scale types

Major and minor scale identification.

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