Let's look at the "A" scale (three sharps in the signature): The "D" scale would be (two sharps in the key signature): The "G" scale we talked about would be (one sharp in the key signature): So I'm just asking you to recognize 7 notes. Note # 3 is 3 or iii, 4 is IV, 5 is V, 6 is vi, 7 is vii, and 8 I don't bother with. The easy part is the second note of the scale is numbered 2 or roman numeral ii (I'll explain someday soon why I used the lower case, or small letters, for 2). The first note of the scale is numbered 1, or as I prefer the Roman numeral I. And once you can recognize the sound you will be able to find ways of playing the chords you hear without having to go through a lot of agonizing theory. I would recommend you get a notebook of some kind and write out all the different scales in it, so you can find out what notes are in certain scales when you need to have that information.įor our purposes we are going to number the notes of the scale because I have found that chord progressions have a specific sound. We want to live in the "real world", and just play, and not get bogged down in theory. Fortunately we won't be reading music, so all of this theory is just for background understanding. If you are reading music, you are supposed to automatically know to sharp all the "Fs". That save the person writing the music from having to put all those sharps in the music every time you play an "F". Because we have to sharp all of the "Fs" to be able to play in the key of "G", we annotate our sheet music with a sharp symbol where the "F" note fall on the clef. We can't play the "F" note because it is only a half step away from the "E" and we need a whole step jump from the "E". To go up another whole step we need to play some kind of an "F". Up a whole step to "D", Up a whole step to "E". Then the note under the half step is "C". Up a whole step is "A", up another whole step is "B". To create the "G" scale, a very popular one in Bluegrass, start with a "G". Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step. So, a major scale in western music is made up of a sequence of whole steps and half steps in the following order:
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Finally, we close off the scale with another "C" note, this one is a full 12 steps higher in pitch than the first "C". "A" is a whole step above "G", and "B" is a whole step from "A". Continuing on, the next note is "G", which is, once again a whole step from "F". But I would prefer to avoid that whole discussion as it just clouds the issue for now. A whole step interval is called a major second, and the half step interval is a diminished second. There are other names for the intervals as well. The kicker is the next note - "F" - is only one fret away from the "E". The next note of the scale is "E" which is a whole step away from the "D". The distance between two notes is called an interval, and a two-fret distance is a whole step interval. "D" the second note of the scale is two steps (frets) higher than the "C" note. In the C scale, "C", as I said before is the first note of the scale. The distance between each note of the scale on the keyboard or fingerboard determines the structure of the major scale. These are the white keys on the piano in order. The "C" scale is the simplest one of all, because there are no sharps or flats in the scale: So even though the scales are played on the same place on the fingerboard, the notes have different names depending on whether you are playing C# or Db.
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The tricky part is that a C# scale has a zillion sharps in its key signature, and the Db scale has a bunch of flats - plus the C# scale starts on some kind of a "C", where the Db scale starts on some kind of a "D". They are the same pitch they just have different names. By that I mean the C# is played in the same place in most instruments as a Db note. The C# D# F# G# A# notes also have "enharmonic" notes related to them. There are twelve different scales if you don't include double flat or double sharp scales.
An "A" scale starts on an "A" note, and so on. By that I mean a "C" scale starts on a "C" note. The first note of the major scale is the name of the scale. I should begin by explaining how the major scale is created. But since Bluegrass is what a number of people seem to play on the list, I will always have ample examples from that. I will also go at the discussion by including several styles of music, instead of concentrating on just bluegrass. I've been interested in chords from early on.Īnd I've found making a conscientious study of them makes music more understandable and repeatable. All of of what I have to say is purely my own impressions. There seems to be some interest in learning about chord progressions here, so I figure I will give my take on the subject.
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