Add an explanation to the left of the first two scale examples that you just indented:

1 Choose Plain text from the Common category of the Text > Styles > Style gallery. The mouse pointer turns blue.
2 Click to place the text so that the flashing caret appears level with the top of the first staff and in line with the title.
3 Type the following:
• The major scale is one of the most important scales in Western Classical music.
• Complete all of the unfinished scales in this worksheet.
• Fill in the missing pitches for the treble clef and alto clef staves:
4 Press Esc twice to stop editing the text and to deselect.

Notice that the text box is positioned overlapping the music. Drag the handles in the corners of the text box to resize it and then position
it in the space you created to the left of the first system of music.

Now create some more plain text to add explanations above the different types of scales. In the same way, add text to the following
above the F harmonic minor scale:
• The harmonic minor scale is also very important in Western Classical music and many other musical traditions.
• Complete the F harmonic minor scale below by copying the notes into the alto clef:

Then, above the Eb major scale:

• Finish this Eb major scale in alto clef:

And finally:
• Complete these E major scales in treble and alto clefs:

Plain text is useful in a wide range of contexts, because it appears exactly where you click the mouse pointer to place it, so you can place
text anywhere on a page and then resize the text boxes so that the contents wrap into the space provided.

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