This scale consists of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The absence of a key signature always indicates the C Major scale.Īll Major scales apart from C Major have at least one sharp or flat (and most of them have several) but there are no Major keys which have both sharps and flats in their key signature. In this lesson, we learn how to play the A flat major scale. A minor scale is a scale that sounds sad, using this interval. The following shows how the note sequence E, F, F#, G is written in the key of G.įirst the natural symbol is used as an accidental, to override the sharp of the key signature, and then the F needs to be 'resharpened' afterwards, with a sharp accidental.Įvery key has a different key signature, as we will see shortly. A major scale is a scale that sounds bright and cheerful, using this interval pattern: whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half. In fact, F natural is now the accidental, because it does not belong. The note F# would be called an accidental in the C Major scale, but not in this case, because it rightfully belongs to the G Major scale. The same three octaves of the G Major scale shown above can now shown more simply as follows. Only one F line on each clef is marked in this way, even though the treble clef, for example, also has an F in the space between the bottom two lines. This is known as the key signature of the G Major scale. Instead, a sharp can be placed at the start of every staff, to indicate that all F notes are to be played sharp. We can fit three octaves of G Major within the paired staff lines.Įvery time a note appears on the F lines, the sharp (#) symbol is put before it as an accidental, to show that it is really F#.īecause F always means F# in the G Major scale, it is inconvenient to do this every time the note is used. Do the opposite coming back down.The notes of the G Major scale appear on staff lines as shown below. When the thumb gets to the E# cross the second finger over to finish the scale on the F#. When you get to the thumb, cross the third finger over to the C#. The left hand starts off with the fourth finger on the F#. Finish the scale out with your pinky on the F#. When the third finger gets to the A#, cross the thumb under to hit the B. For convenience purposes I am only going to call the notes by their F sharp major scale names. If we call it the G flat major scale, then the notes are G flat, A flat, B flat, C flat, D flat, F, and back to the G flat. The F sharp major scale notes are F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E# and back to the F#. The notes are exactly the same regardless of which name you use for it, they just have different names. It can also be called the G flat major scale. Today we are going to learn a scale that can be called by two names.
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