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What are scale patterns?
A scale is a linear sequence of notes that starts on a tonic note and ends on the same note one or more octaves higher than the start note. Scales are often played ascending then descending in one phrase without repeating the uppermost tonic note. ... Not all scale patterns provide a fret number.
What are major scale patterns?
A major scale is a diatonic scale. The sequence of intervals between the notes of a major scale is: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. where "whole" stands for a whole tone (a red u-shaped curve in the figure), and "half" stands for a semitone (a red angled line in the figure).
Are all scales the same pattern?
Even though every major scale contains a different set of notes, each scale is put together exactly the same way. ... Major scales follow the interval pattern of WWHWWWH, which means Whole step Whole step Half step Whole step Whole step Whole step Half step.
