HALF STEPS

MAJCOR SCALES

 

 

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A half step 1s the shortest distance between two tones.
Two half steps equal one whole step. EXANUPLE:The near=-
est note to F, would be F# upwards or E downwards.There=
fore, the distance from F to either of these notes is one
half step.

The major scale ie made up of seven notes. In our work,we
shall call these tones the following: Root,Second,Third,
Fourth,Fifth,Sixth,and Seventh. The root is doubled an
octave hlgher tc give a feeling of completion when play=-

ing the scale.The number of half steps betweén each tone

of the scale never varies with any of the major scales;so

we can use a gulde made up of half steps as a basis for

the construction of the major scale.

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Using a * to indicate half steps, it can be readily seen

    
  
  
   
   
 
 

from a glance at the above chart that there are two places
in the major scale wnere there is a skip of a half step be=
tween mEmx tones.Between the other tones there is a skip of
on e whole stepe.Regardless of what tone we use for -our root
we can bulld our major scale by the other gulde.EXANMPLE:

Using F as a root,the next note would be G, since G is two

half steps away from F.The note following G would be A,

because A is two half steps away from G, etc.