This post is designed to enlighten readers on the “Major Scale” and its use. I like to think of the Major Scale as the KING of all scales as most other scales can, in a sense be derived by altering notes from the Major Scale. Otherwise known as the “Ionian Mode”, the Major Scale is made up using the following intervals: T > T > S > T > T > T > S where T equals a Whole Tone (or the distance between two frets on the guitar E.g. 5th fret to 7th fret) and where S equals Semitone (or the distance between one fret and the next adjacent fret on the guitar).
The T > T > S > T > T > T > S formula results in the well known sound of Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. This formula can be applied starting on any of the available 12 notes in music, to give off the Major Scale in that “key”. E.g. If we apply the formula starting on the G note we will end up with the notes G A B C D E and F#, thus creating the Major Scale in the key of G. Wow!
Once the notes are derived for any given key, we then need to apply the notes in appropriate “positions” (or fingerings) for any given instrument. More on this later. If you have any questions please feel free to offer a post. Rock on!
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Very useful info, thanks.
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