SCALE DEGREE GAMES
This page is for student practice sessions.
Teachers and professors can access more excerpts illustrating scale degrees by going to this list.
SING THE TONIC
1. PLAY the excerpt.
2. SING the tonic during the pause which follows the phrase of music.
3. CHECK YOURSELF against the tone which follows the pause.
- Tonic in melody at beginning of excerpt
Tonic in the bass at the beginning, but not in melody
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NEW! Practice identifying the tonic in multiple choice quizzes.
You may replay excerpts, get feedback as soon as you are done, and go back to problems you may have missed.
Quiz 1 uses the first six excerpts above.
Quiz 2 uses the next five.
NAME THAT SCALE DEGREE
Which scale degree is the last note of each of the following excerpts?
1. CLICK THE LINK for the excerpt.
2. LISTEN to the excerpt to decide on the scale degree.
3. REPEAT as needed.
4. CLICK "Answer" to see if you are right.
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Which scale degree is the first note of each of the following excerpts?
See instructions above.