In our western music system we have twelve tones that are repeated over and over spanning many octoves. We call this set of tones the chromatic scale. Alllof the notes in the chromatic scale are one half step (one fret on the guitar) away from each other. Obviously, twohalf steps would equala whole step. Here is a chromatic scale covering one ocatve (starting and ending on the same tone! Example 1 E F FIG" G GHA A * = Enharmonic Tone = Whole step te, tw Onenote, twonames. “= Half step In our culture, most of our musical resources are derived from the major scale. A major scale can begin on any one of the twelve tones found in the chromatic scale. The whole step/half step formula for a major scale is (1 = whole, 1/2 = half}: UU Au Je Let’s build « C major scale. We start with the note C. Now we move one whole step up to find the next note, which is D. Another whole step will bring us to the note E. One half step away from E is F. (Take a look at Example land you will notice that there are no sharp or flat notes between E and F or Band C.) Continuing, a whole step up from F is G, and then another whole step up brings us