Musical works consist of a huge number of different in height, timbre and duration of sounds that make up the melody and harmonic vertical. There are also various types of melodic configurations, one of which is the singing of steady steps, which will be discussed later.
Degrees of fret
In music, there are modal and tonal systematization of sounds.
Probably everyone who has ever tried to sing, even if not professionally, knows that there is a feeling that there is a lack of a certain note needed to end the song. A similar feeling arises after the sound of an unstable stage, without further resolution into a stable one.
The singing of stable steps is as follows:
- Seventh - second - first.
- The second - fourth - third.
- Fourth - Sixth - Fifth.
In order to understand how to correctly sing the stable steps, you first need to deal with concepts such as “fret” and “tonality”.
What is a fret
The fret is a system of stable and gravitating unstable sounds and harmonies in them, giving accurate information about the sound-altitude (interval) distance between all steps of the scale scale.
There are different types of ethnic modes, formed at different times, for example, Ionian, Aeolian, Phrygian, Dorian, Lydian, Mixolidian, double harmonic, melodic, etc.
In classical and modern European music, major and minor (mostly harmonic) modes are most common.
A major scale is a sequence of the following intervals:
- big second;
- small;
- three large;
- small.
Harmonic minor :
- big second;
- small;
- two are big;
- small;
- small third;
- small second.
The main steps of the fret: T - tonic (1st stage), S - subdominant (4th stage), and D - dominant (5th stage).
The remaining steps of the scale are called secondary, these include the second, third, sixth and seventh (introductory).
There is also the concept of “derivatives” of sounds, there are only five in the octave - these are steps to which an alteration sign (flat or sharp) is added.
In the palmonic musical system there is the concept of “stability” and “instability” of steps.
Stable - the first, third and fifth steps of the fret.
Steps are the sounds that make up the fret. There are only seven of them. In a musical note are indicated in Latin numbers - from I to VII.
There are two systems for notation of notes - alphabetic and syllabic. They formed in the Middle Ages. More famous is the syllable designation: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si, based on the first syllables of the 11th century Catholic chant.
Tonality
Key is a fret located at a certain pitch (frequency). All keys, except for C major and parallel A-minor, have a certain number (from 1 to 7) of sharps or flats, which must be indicated with the key. It is possible to reveal which signs a tonality has with the help of a fourth-fifth circle.
There is also a sequence order for sharps and flats:
- Sharp: fcgdaeh.
- Flat: headgcf.
It is in this order that the signs are added in a quarto-fifth circle. You can consider the major keys of the fifth fifth circle (sharp), moving in ascending order: C major - no signs, in the fifth major in G major - one sharp sharp. After another five sounds (quintas) from G major, D major has two characters - F and C sharp, etc.
The quarte (flat) tonal circle works on the same principle: in C major - no signs, a quarto above F major - one B flat, then in B flat major - B and E flat, etc.
How to make singing stable steps unstable
All unstable sounds have a certain "color of incompleteness", so they must be resolved into stable.
The singing of steady steps is a three-note configuration. This is the alternate reproduction of two unstable sounds, and then the most stable, located in the middle.
Mantling of steady steps in G major:
- F sharp and la - in salt.
- La and do - in si.
- Do and mi - in re.
If it is necessary to indicate stable and unstable sounds in the notes, the first are written open and the second painted over.
In solfeggio exercises, the technique of singing steady steps is often used, as this greatly contributes to the development of a sense of mood and musical hearing in general.