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1. Music can be described as the combination of notes into a pleasing sequence. How many notes are there in a heptatonic scale, the traditional scale in Western music?
2. Which of the following scales uses different notes, depending on whether the music is ascending or descending as the notes are selected?
3. The relative natural minor of a given major scale starts on the same note, but uses a different set of notes.
4. Which of the following modes is another name for what is commonly called a major scale?
5. If the key signature for a piece of music contains one sharp, what is the letter name for the note that will be raised by a half tone?
6. When writing a key signature which has more than one sharp, what is the order in which the first four sharps will usually appear?
7. Key signatures use a combination of sharps and flats, to suit the composer's taste.
8. Which of the following mnemonics gives the order of the first four flats when they are used in a key signature?
9. A key signature with seven sharps and one with seven flats both indicate the same key.
10. If a piece of music written in one key wants to use a single instance of a note that is not in that key, what term describes the insertion of a symbol to show this?
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