Scale fingerings for the 15 Major Scales: C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, C#, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb.
Subjects(s): Scales • Major • Piano • Ionian
Scale fingerings for the 15 Major Scales: C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, C#, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb.
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Why only 15 major keys in western tonal music?.
Scale fingerings for the 15 Major Scales: C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, C#, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb.
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Why only 15 major keys in western tonal music?.
Major Scale Fingering - Piano
- In the Western music system there are seven letters used–the first seven letters of the alphabet: ( A B C D E F G ). For the Full DIatonic Major scale all seven are used, in-order with no skips or repeats. Each of the seven letters can be natural A B C D E F G , sharped for A♯ B♯ C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯ G♯ or flatted for A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭
- There are 15 different notes in the Western music system (C, C#, D, D#, E, E# F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B, B#) — The Enharmonic Equivalents for F and C for determining the major scales and the associated key. Since the pattern for a major scale consists of seven unique notes, if you started on any of the 12 notes and followed the pattern, you would end up with 12 possible major scales.
- However, to maintain consistent tonal relationships and ensure that each note in the scale has its own unique name (no double sharps or double flats), you can only use certain notes as the starting tonic. These notes are the white keys on a piano, which include the letters A through G without any sharps or flats.
- Therefore, starting on each of these 7 white keys (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) and following the pattern of whole and half steps, you will get 7 unique major scales.
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An interval is the distance between two notes. An interval has a name and a type. Intervals can be played melodically, ascending or descending. Or played harmonically by playing both notes at the same time. An interval can be inverted. Intervals can be diatonic to a scale or chromatic and not from a scale.
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