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Major scale
The major scale is whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. Every major scale's notes in one table, on piano and guitar, played at a tap, MIDI to take.
Mika plays the major scale up and back down. No improvising.Tap Hear it, or tap any note on the board.
C D E F G A B
The notes of the C major scale
C D E F G A B
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Steps from note to note: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 semitones (whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half).
C major has no sharps or flats. Its relative minor, with the same notes, is A minor.
The major scale in all twelve keys
| Root | Notes |
|---|---|
| C | C D E F G A B |
| D♭ | D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C |
| D | D E F♯ G A B C♯ |
| E♭ | E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D |
| E | E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯ |
| F | F G A B♭ C D E |
| F♯ | F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯ |
| G | G A B C D E F♯ |
| A♭ | A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G |
| A | A B C♯ D E F♯ G♯ |
| B♭ | B♭ C D E♭ F G A |
| B | B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ |
Why the major scale comes first
Do re mi is a major scale. Almost every other scale on this site is described as the major scale with something changed: a lowered third for minor, two notes taken out for the pentatonic, a different starting note for the modes. Learn its step pattern once and you can build it from any key without a chart: two whole steps, a half, three whole steps, a half.
More scales
Major scale on guitar Major scale on piano Major scale on trumpet Major scale on bass Minor scale Pentatonic scale
How this page works
Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.
Sources
Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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