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Understanding The Major Scale - Key Takeaways

A major scale is a set of 7 notes. You can start it on any of the 12 notes, then go a whole step, whole step, half step, whole, whole, whole, then half (ascending). Wherever it starts (the root, or “home note”) is the name of the scale.

“C” is a really convenient note to start on, because then there won’t be any sharp or flat note names to worry about, it just works out that it’s C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.

Remember this:

Whole Whole Half Whole Whole Whole Half

Helpful Ear-training Exercise #1: Give yourself a starting note, then sing a major scale using the numbers 1-8.

Helpful Ear-training Exercise #2: Try that backwards, from 8 down to 1.

This scale is key to singing on pitch, singing harmonies, and navigating many difficult songs.

More about what major scales are:
https://theonlinemetronome.com/blogs/16/major-scales

https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/major-scales/


More about singing major scales:
https://jorgelinaperez.com/major-scale-exercises-for-singers-improve-pitch-and-range/