![]() ![]() Thus, C to D (see next paragraph for how to locate these keys) is a whole step, because there's a black key in between. A half-step is the interval between any two immediately adjacent notes, whether white key to black, or white to white. Major-scale intervals are either "half-steps" (1/2) or "whole steps" (1). A "descending" major scale is the same set of notes but in the opposite order.Īn "interval" is the distance between two notes. Rule 1: The intervals in an ascending major scale, in order, are 1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1, 1, 1/2.Īn "ascending" scale is one that moves from left to right on the keyboard. (A major scale is the kind explored in the song, "Doe, a Deer.") I give two rules here that let you play a "major scale" starting on any note on the piano keyboard, and let you name the notes correctly, given the name of the starting note. ![]() Naming the notes of musical scales (October 12, 2000) James Boyk Home | Book & articles by James Boyk Rules for Naming the Notes of Musical Scales, by James Boyk Music Lab Home | ![]()
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