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Lesson 11: Major Scale 1-5

This lesson teaches the major scale, degrees 4 and 5.

Before taking this lesson, you should know: major scale degrees 1-2-3. You can test yourself with Lesson 10: Major 1-2-3 Games.

Here are the distances between degrees 1-5 of the major scale, adding degrees 4 and 5 to degrees 1-3 which you already know:


Notice the half-step between degrees 3 and 4.

Now study the following examples. Make sure you understand why these scales contain these exact pitches:


F♯ major scale 1-5: F♯-G♯-A♯-B-C♯


A major scale 1-5: A-B-C♯-D-E


B♭ major scale 1-5: B♭-C-D-E♭-F

Next:
Practice these scale degrees in Lesson 12: Major 1-5 Games.