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THE SCALE

What is a scale?
A scale is a succession of eight musical notes in ascending and descending order. It can also be defined as a series of eight notes arranged from tonic to octave in ascending and descending order.


TYPES OF MUSICAL NOTES

1. Diatonic scales
2. Chromatic scales 
3. Pentatonic scales
In this class we ate going to focus on diatonic scales.

What is a diatonic scale?
A diatonic scale has seven distinct pitch classes or tones. Each octave in a diatonic scale has five whole steps and two half steps.
There are two types of diatonic scale;

a. Major scale.
b. Minor scale.
In this class, we are going to concentrate on major scales.

What is a major scale?

A major scale consists of eight notes with semitones occurring between the 3rd & 4th and 7th & 8th degrees of  scale. The intervals between other notes of a major scales full tones. Examples of major scales are C major, G major, D major. etc.

Steps In Constructing A Major Scale.
There are five steps to take when constructing a major scale.

1. Draw five limes and four spaces (Draw a staff).
2. Fix in a named clef sign.
3. Fix in a named key signature.
4. Construct your scales from the named key.
5.  Close with à double bar line

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