Major Scale Melodies (Range Shifting)

Melodies GameHear a melody in one octave, play it back
Ionian (Major)The major scale — the most familiar sound in Western music

Hear & play major scale melodies in an octave in time, while the range shifts.

Why

  • Spread the major scale across your full range, an octave at a time — free of any single register, the spatial fluency full-range play needs.

How it plays

Range ShiftingTimedSingle Octave

Where it leads

Color
Minor Scale Melodies (Range Shifting)→ Aeolian (Natural Minor)
Harder
Major Scale Anchored→ full-range melody gameMajor Scale Melodies (Range Shifting)→ root shuffling
Reframe
Major Scale Nesting Layers→ subsets game
Singing
Hear · Sing · Pick→ sungSee · Sing→ sung

Part of

Major Scale Melody step 3 of 8