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Scales

Scales provide us with the basic materials with which to build tunes. A scale is a series of notes. Sometimes these go up and down in steps but some scales can use leaps.

There are many types of scale - here are some commonly used ones- click on each to hear it:-

MAJOR SCALES, MINOR SCALES, CHROMATIC SCALES, PENTATONIC SCALES

MAJOR SCALES

The intervals of all major scales follow the same pattern

TONE TONE SEMITONE TONE TONE TONE SEMITONE