Higher Music

Major Scale Pattern

At Higher Level you must know:
Diatonic scales
Major
Melodic Minor
Harmonic Minor

Cadences
Perfect (N5)
Imperfect (N5)
Interrupted
Plagal
Tierce de Picardie
Scales
Scales are the set of notes from a key major or
minor.
For example, the Scale of C major goes like this:

No
accidentals in
the key
signature

Ends on C

Starts on C
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Major scales follow a pattern of two whole tones
followed by a semitone, and then three followed
by one.
Observe it here:
F Major

See how the B flat ensures the pattern is followed?

This is why it is included in the key signature: