


Your hand should not shift. This fingering uses one-finger-per-fret and begins with your 2nd finger on the root note of the scale. The first major scale fingering you should learn covers a four-fret span.
It is what gives the scale its uniqueness. No other scale has this whole-step/half-step construction. Half-steps occur between the 3rd and 4th notes E and F, and between the 7th and octave notes B and C.The location of these half-steps plays a big role in the sound of the scale.
One major scale based on each of the 12 notes. Since there are 12 notes in the musical alphabet, there are 12 unique major scales. Again, it is the only scale with this unique combination of intervals giving it its unique sound.Every major scale has its own unique set of notes, but with the same intervallic structure. Those are: M2, M3, P4, P5, M6, and M7.

For example, the first mode of the C major scale is C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. Just as a quick preview a mode is a scale obtained by starting and ending on the other notes of a parent scale. Modes will be discussed more in future lessons. You will hear a lot of talk of the modes of the major scale.
12 Bass Clarinet Major Scales How To Practice The
I also show you how the major scale acts as a kind of “glue” for the chords of a song. Major Scale Example UsageIn the major scale examples you can hear how to practice the scale up and down. There are seven modes for each major scale since there are seven possible starting points (notes) in each major scale. Similarly, the other modes would be from E to E, from F to F, G to G, and so on.
