If you had trouble with any of them, go back and evaluate your choices using the chant I mentioned above: starting note, 2 wholes and a half, 3 wholes and a half.ĭid you notice that all the scales I have discussed so far use only sharps? Stay tuned for my next Seat-of-the-Pants Music Theory lesson and I will discuss scales that use flats.No credit card details required Start your piano journey now! What are scale degrees?Įvery scale can be understood in terms of its scale degree names. Don’t peek until you finish then scroll down and check yourself against my Answer Chart at the very bottom of the page. Build all four of these scales: D, A, E, and B. This time, you get to build your own scales. What note is a half step up from F#? If you said ‘G’, you got it! The eighth note must be only a half step higher than the seventh note (F#). The eighth note of the scale is also a bit different. What note is a whole step up from E? If you said ‘F#’, you got it! The seventh note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the sixth (E). What note is a whole step up from D? If you said ‘E’, you got it! The sixth note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the fifth (D). What note is a whole step up from C? If you said ‘D’, you got it! The fifth note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the fourth (C). What note is a half step up from B? Previous lessons show that ‘C’ is a half step up from ‘B’. The fourth note must be only a half step higher than the third note (B). What note is a whole step up from A? Referring again to the previous lessons, ‘B’ is a whole step up from ‘A’Īgain, the fourth note of the scale is a bit different. The third note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the second note (A). So, the question becomes, ‘what note is a whole step up from G?’ In previous lessons, we learned that ‘A’ is a whole step up from ‘G’. The second note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the first note (G). This time, let’s pick G as our starting point. It helps me remember what sequence of whole steps and half steps I need to use. Make a chant out of this sequence: starting note, 2 wholes and a half, 3 wholes and a half. The sequence of intervals from the first note is.First and last note are indeed the same name.Take a look at this completed C scale and you’ll see that it meets the guidelines laid out in the first paragraph: The first and the last notes of a scale will always be the same letter. Notice the eighth note is the same as the first. What note is a half step up from B? If you said ‘C’, you got it! We now have a complete scale of 8 notes this is referred to as an octave. The eighth note must be only a half step higher than the seventh note (B). What note is a whole step up from A? If you said ‘B’, you got it! The seventh note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the sixth (A). What note is a whole step up from G? If you said ‘A’, you got it! The sixth note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the fifth (G). What note is a whole step up from F? If you said ‘G’, you got it! The fifth note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the fourth (F). What note is a half step up from E? Previous lessons show that ‘F’ is a half step up from ‘E’. The fourth note must be only a half step higher than the third note (E). The fourth note of the scale is a bit different. What note is a whole step up from D? Referring again to the previous lessons, ‘E’ is a whole step up from ‘D’ The third note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the second note (D). So, the question becomes, ‘what note is a whole step up from C?’ In previous lessons, we learned that ‘D’ is a whole step up from ‘C’. The second note of the scale has to be a whole step higher than the first note (C). For our first example, let’s pick ‘C’ as our starting note. The sequence of intervals from the first note is alwaysįirst pick your starting note (also called a ‘ root note’).First and last note always the same name.8 notes in the scale (octave… octopus… octagon).OK, after all that talk about note names, sharps & flats, whole steps, and half steps, we’re FINALLY ready to build a major scale! We are going to build a one octave scale meaning…
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