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Major/minor scales

The major scale which is known as  the cornerstone of all western harmony and the foundation from which all other scales are formed.  It has seven notes (plus the octave in practice) but first you need to know what a whole/half step means in music and the sequence that make up a major scale. A whole step is generally two frets up or down generally two fret up or down, and a half step is just one fret up or down on the guitar.A C major scale begins with a C and ends with a C. The same rule applies with the rest of the keys where a D Major Scale begins and ends with a D and so on.

Constructing The Natural Major Scale is so easy all you just need to do it use the pattern WWHWWWH or TTSTTTS stuff. In the WWHWWWH, W means whole step (2 frets distance on guitar/bass) and the H means half step (1 fret distance on guitar/bass). In the TTSTTTS, T means Tone (2 frets distance on guitar/bass) and an S means Semi-Tone (1 fret distance on guitar/bass). therefore the WWHWWWH and TTSTTTS basically means 2 frets, 2 frets, 1 fret, 2 frets, 2 frets, 2 frets, 1 fret. Remember both WWHWWWH and TTSTTTS means thesame thing but in different forms, different people have varying ways on how to present the major scale using the WWHWWWH/TTSTTTS.

 C = C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C 
D = D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D
E = E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E 
F = F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F 
G = G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G 
A = A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
B = B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B

Constructing The Natural Minor Scale is like constructing the major but when constructing the minor scale you use the WHWWHWW/TSTTSTT instead of the WWHWWWH/TTSTTTS . Notice that the natural minor scale W's and H's start on the sixth note of the W's and H's of the major scale.

C = C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C
D = D - E - F - G - A - Bb - C - D
E = E - F# - G - A - B - C - D - E
F = F - G - Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F
G = G - A - Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G
A = A - B - C - D - E - F - G - A
B = B - C# - D - E - F# - G - A - B

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