Major scales
The major scale is the reference scale of Western music: 7 notes in a fixed pattern of whole and half steps, repeated in any of the 12 keys.
| Key | Scale notes |
|---|---|
| C | C – D – E – F – G – A – B |
| G | G – A – B – C – D – E – F# |
| D | D – E – F# – G – A – B – C# |
| A | A – B – C# – D – E – F# – G# |
| E | E – F# – G# – A – B – C# – D# |
| B | B – C# – D# – E – F# – G# – A# |
| F# | F# – G# – A# – B – C# – D# – E# |
| Db | Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – C |
| Ab | Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G |
| Eb | Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb – C – D |
| Bb | Bb – C – D – Eb – F – G – A |
| F | F – G – A – Bb – C – D – E |
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How the major scale is built
The major scale always follows the same pattern of distances between notes: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. That pattern — not the letter names — is what makes C major and F# major sound alike in character, just at different pitches.
Once you know the pattern, you can build the major scale from any note without memorizing all 12 by heart.
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Circle of fifths
A diagram arranging the 12 major keys in a wheel, each a perfect fifth above the previous one. It shows at a glance how many sharps or flats a key has.
Major scale
A 7-note sequence following a fixed whole-step/half-step pattern (W-W-H-W-W-W-H) that gives the bright, "major" sound used as the reference scale in Western music.
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