More About Major Scales
So far you have learned four different major scales - C, D, F and G major. The key of C contains no sharps or flats, while G and D contain sharps. The key of F contains one flat (BB). There are also other keys which contain different numbers of sharps and flats. Once you know the pattern of tones and semitones which makes up a major scale, it is easy to create a major scale starting on any note. Written below are the notes of the C major scale with the pattern of tones and semitones written below the ntoe names.
The distance between each note is a tone except for EF and BC where the distance is only a semitone. As mentioned earlier, once you know the pattern of tones and semitones used to create the C major scale, you can build a major scale on any of the twelve notes used in music. It is important to memorize this pattern, which is shown below.
The semitones are always found between the 3rd and 4th, and 7th and 8th degrees of the scale. All the other notes are a tone apart.
