User:Skierpage/Music intervals/Major minor
The only difference in the first five notes between major and minor scales is the third note, or degree, is flattened in the minor. This moves the half step, from the third to the fourth notes, to the second to third notes.
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\relative c'
{
c d e f
g1
g4 f e d
c1
c4 d ees f
g1
g4 f ees d
c1
}
\addlyrics {
do re mi fa
so
so fa la ti
do
do re me fa
so
so fa le ti
do
}
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}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/b/h/bhf5of6wdcv8l35goms1qn6cm2t9hrz/bhf5of6w.png)
Not much, but in the right hands...
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\relative c'
{
\tempo "Presto" 2 = 114
c d e f
g1
g4 f e d
c1
c4 d ees f
g1
g4 f ees d
c1
c4 ees8 ees8~ ees4 ees8
c'8~ c2 bes4. bes8
g1 d1
d8 c8~ c2
}
\addlyrics {
When the win -- ter
came
you were not a -- round
now the sum -- mer's | "gone__ and"
love can -- not be
found
Where were you when
I need -- ed you
last win -- ter
}
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}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/l/1/l18fch3po34qi0d6lu8dgef20z7tmt9/l18fch3p.png)
Stevie Wonder, part two of "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)", composed and performed when he was only 21!