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There are 8 notes in the major scale. They are counted
as follows:
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
C scale
G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G G scale
etc.
Notes on the guitar which are at adjacent frets (on the same string) are a half-step
apart.
Notes on the guitar which, played on the same string, skip a fret (for instance, fret 2 and
4) are a whole-step apart.
Each numbered note in the scale is known as a degree.
(First degree, second degree, third degree, etc.)
The formula for playing the major scale in any key, beginning
on any fret on the guitar, is made of two, 4-note tetrachords.
Tetrachord:
Starting note; whole step; whole step; half step.
1
2 3 h
4 degrees of scale
5 6 7 h 8
There is a half step (h) between the 3rd and 4th degrees, and between the 7th and 8th degree. The rest of the
scale is in whole steps.
The 5th degree is a whole step up from the 4th degree.
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