Guitar Lesson #4: Major Scale

In music theory, the major scale or Ionian scale is one of the diatonic scales. It is made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first an octave higher. In solfege these notes correspond to the syllables "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, (Do)". The simplest major scale to write or play on the piano is C major, the only major scale not to require sharps or flats. C   Major Scale: C D E F G A B D   Major Scale: D E F# G A B C# E   Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D# F   Major Scale: F G A Bb C D E G   Major Scale: G A B C D E F# A   Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G# B   Major Scale: B C# D# E F# G# A# C# Major Scale: C# D# E# F# G# A# B# Eb Major Scale: Eb F G Ab Bb C D F# Major Scale: F# G# A# B C# D# E# Ab Major Scale: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Bb Major Scale: Bb C D Eb F G A Scales with sharp key signatures C   maj – 0 sharps G   maj – 1 sharp – F♯ D   maj – 2 sharps – F♯, C♯ A   maj – 3 sharps – F♯, C♯, G♯ E   maj – 4 sharps – F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯ B   maj – 5 sharps – F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯ F♯ maj – 6 sharps – F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯ C♯ maj - 7 sharps - F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯ Scales with flat key signatures C   maj – 0 flats F   maj – 1 flat – B♭ B♭ maj – 2 flats – B♭, E♭ E♭ maj – 3 flats – B♭, E♭, A♭ A♭ maj – 4 flats – B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ D♭ maj – 5 flats – B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭ G♭ maj – 6 flats – B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭ C♭ maj - 7 flats - B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭

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