How do you create a major and minor scale?
We can build a major scale using the white keys on the piano keyboard starting with C: Major scales have a major third interval between the first and third note. We can build a minor scale using the white keys but starting in A: Minor scales have a minor third interval between the first and third note.
How do you create a major scale?
The formula for creating a major scale is “whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.” half: b to c – Note that you’re back where you started at c. If you didn’t get back there, something would have been wrong, because as you can see from the keyboard diagram, the same notes repeat over and over.
What makes a major scale major?
A major scale is a diatonic scale. The sequence of intervals between the notes of a major scale is: A major scale may be seen as two identical tetrachords separated by a whole tone. Each tetrachord consists of two whole tones followed by a semitone (i.e. whole, whole, half).
What are the seven steps used to build a major scale?
Find a C, and use the following formula to play a C major scale: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step. As you play the scale according to the whole steps and half steps, you’ll also be playing each scale degree from one to seven. Congratulations!
How to learn minor piano music scales?
Let’s now learn minor piano music scales. The formula to form a natural minor scale = whole step – half step – whole step – whole step – half step – whole step – whole step or w-h-w-w-h-w-w. Here are the minor piano music scales in every key: C minor scale = C – D – Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb – C
How do you find the notes of a minor scale?
Another way to find the notes of any natural minor scale is to memorize the pattern of whole and half-steps used to build natural minor scales. You could memorize that pattern if it’s easier, or you can build the natural minor scale by remembering it’s relative major scale.
What are the different types of minor scales?
There are three types of minor scales: Natural minor scales are really neat, because they each have a twin on the piano – a major scale with the exact same notes! Here’s how it works: natural minor scales are built off the sixth notes of their relative major scales, and they contain the same notes as their relative major scales.
How do you know if a scale has half steps?
In major scales, half steps appear after the 3 rd and 7 th notes. In minor scales, half steps follow the 2 nd and 5 th notes. Due to the placement of these half step intervals, the third is the first note to reveal a scale’s major or minor status. In the diatonic pattern, the third is either major or minor: