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Topic: Major scale doubt  (Read 1472 times)

Offline goutham_rm

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Major scale doubt
on: November 02, 2011, 09:57:44 PM
Friends, I have learnt that every scale has some particular pattern
C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C

Now, if we look at the whole-steps and half-steps between each note of the C MAJOR SCALE, we find this pattern:

W - W - H - W - W - W - H

and similarly for G major or F major. Any major u say

G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G
F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F

Can someone explain me how this W/H theory is applied and this major scales are derived

Source:https://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/major-scale.html

An eager student to learn Piano in a two and half octave piano :P

Offline jimbo320

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Re: Major scale doubt
Reply #1 on: November 02, 2011, 10:14:05 PM
Instead of going on and on about music theory here's a couple sites that will help:
https://www.musictheory.net/index.html  or this one:
https://library.thinkquest.org/15413/theory/theory.htm
Good luck...
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Offline pianoplayjl

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Re: Major scale doubt
Reply #2 on: November 02, 2011, 11:37:02 PM
Are you kidding me? learning in a two and a half octave piano?
Funny? How? How am I funny?

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Re: Major scale doubt
Reply #3 on: November 03, 2011, 02:29:46 AM
That's just showing the apps that are available. The real learning is there also....
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Offline goutham_rm

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Re: Major scale doubt
Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 06:53:43 PM
thnx a alot............ i understood........
w/h is the distance between the note and the consecutive note..........
now i can write scale for any note........ :)

feeling very happy to find out this........ thnx for ur reply
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