Scale Rhythms

Father

Christmas

Gave

David

An

Empty

Box

On text 1 you can see, Father, Christmas, Gave,

David, an, empty, box. These are sharps and flats in

scales. Going down are major scales and going up are

Flat Scales.

On Text 2 you can see, Freddie’s, Bi, Elephant, ate,

Davids, granny. These are the scales. Going down are

flats and going down are sharps

Freddie’s

Big

Elephant

Ate

David’s

Granny

How do we use this:

Here is an example.

Say I wanted to find which flats are in F major. I

would look for f fat major on text 2 (I would go to F.

Then I would count how many up/ down it is. So i

know that it is only 1 down.

I would then move over to text 1 and from the

bottom count up 1 because i know that f major only

has 1 flat. I then know that my flat is B.

That is how you would find what flat or sharp you will

need.