The Major Scale

Year 9/10 Music

Name: ___________________________

A Major Scale has a distinct pattern of 8 notes that span an octave. The most common is the major scale.

The easiest major scale is C major, as it uses only the white notes on the keyboard from one C to the next.

All MAJOR scales use the following pattern between the notes:

tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone

The tones are marked with the square bracket and T; while the semitones are marked with a slur and an S.

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