Grade 6: G Major Scale

G Major Scale has a sharp on the fifth line and the keynote is located on the second line of the staff.

Grade 6: F Major Scale

F Major Scale has a flat sign on the third line and its keynote is located on the first space of the staff.

Grade 5: G Major and E Minor Scales

The keynote of G Major Scale is on the second line of the staff. Analyze the G Major Scale below.

E Minor Scale is the relative minor of G Major scale. Analyze the E Minor Scale below.

Let's Take Note

F or fa is raised by 1/2 step in G Major and E Minor Scales. # sign is used in raising the pitch by 1/2 step.


Pattern of Whole Steps and Half Steps

Major: W-W-H-W-W-W-H

Minor: W-H-W-W-H-W-W

Grade 5: C Major and A Minor Scales

C Major and A Minor scales are written with the same key signatures.

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The ascending scale of C major is composed of series of two whole steps as in DO-RE, RE-MI; half step as in MI-FA; and three whole steps as in FA-SO, SO-LA, LA-TI; and another half step TI-DO. The scale may also be written in descending order.


C major scale begins and ends with DO.

Notice that both scales have no chromatic signs (sharp or flat sign).

A Minor Scale begin and end with LA.


Let's Take Note

Major and minor keys have the same key signatures but different keynotes.

Grade 6: C Major Scale

Scale is a succession of eight notes that may go up or go down the staff without skipping or repeating. Notes going up the staff is the ascending scale; and notes going down the staff is the descending scale.

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Let's Take Note

The C major scale is composed of eight successive notes on the staff starting from the ledger line below in ascending or descending order.