1 / 33

Major Scale Construction

Major Scale Construction. The Major Scale Formulae Constructing The C Major Scale. constructing a major scale. constructing a major scale The major scale is made up of a sequence of whole step and half step intervals. major scale formulae. root to 2 nd =whole step

lisawatson
Download Presentation

Major Scale Construction

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Major Scale Construction The Major Scale Formulae Constructing The C Major Scale

  2. constructing a major scale

  3. constructing a major scaleThe major scale is made up of a sequence of whole step and half step intervals

  4. major scale formulae root to 2nd =whole step 2nd to 3rd =whole step 3rdto 4th =half step 4th to 5th =whole step 5th to 6th =whole step 6th to 7th =whole step 7th to root =half step

  5. major scale formulae whole step whole step half step whole step whole step whole step half step

  6. constructing the C major scale

  7. The root note of C C

  8. rise a whole step to the 2nd note C

  9. the 2nd = D C D

  10. rise a whole step to the 3rd note C D

  11. the 3rd = E C D E

  12. rise a half step to the 4th note C D E

  13. the 4th = F C D E F

  14. rise a whole step to the 5th note C D E F G

  15. the 5th = G C D E F G

  16. rise a whole step to the 6th note C D E F G

  17. the 6th note = A C D E F G A

  18. rise a whole step to the 7th note C D E F G A

  19. The 7th note = B C D E F G A B

  20. rise a half step to the root C D E F G A B

  21. we are back to C again C D E F G A B C

  22. checklist for scale construction • Letter names (A to G) appear in alphabetic sequence • Each letter name appears only once (apart from the root note which is found on the first and last note of each scale) • Keys contain either #’s or b’s (never both)

  23. Constructing Other Major Scales C D E F G A B C If we can use the formulae above to create a major scale starting from a note of C then we can use it to construct more major scales starting from other notes?

  24. The G Major Scale G

  25. The G Major Scale G A B C D E F# G

  26. The F Major Scale F

  27. The F Major Scale F G A Bb C D E F

  28. The D Major Scale D

  29. The D Major Scale D E F# G A B C# D

  30. The Bb Major Scale Bb

  31. The Bb Major Scale Bb C D Eb F G A Bb

  32. constructing the C major scale

  33. constructing a major scale

More Related