(Music Theory for Beginners)
(Music Playing)
Hi, My name is Sam Dhanasekaran and welcome to this video series. In this video
let us take a look at Major Scales.
 
What is a Major Scale? Like I explained in the previous video a Scale is a set of notes constructed on the pattern. Now
let me start with C
and go to the second note on its right, which is 1, 2
D. Ok? Again go to the second note on its right which is E.
Now let me go to the next one, F and then
second note
second note second note and then
finally landing on the C which is the note that I started in the previous octave. I'm landing on the C on the next octave
which would be the next note from
B. Ok? So
I
played these notes. C D E F G A B C.
Ok? So what are these?
These things form a
Major Scale.
And it is also
C Major Scale because I started with C.
Ok? So now let's look at
how a major scale is constructed.
You take any note.
Ok? In this case I took C and then I went to the second note
from that
note which is D.
Ok? So that's denoted as 2 here. And then again
second note, denoted as E. And then the next note which is F. See from E from F.
and then G A B C, before landing
on C. So C D E F G A B
ok? They
construct
a scale which is called Major Scale, which is in particular
specifically called us C Major Scale. So
using this pattern which is 2 2 1 2 2 2 1, we can construct any Major Scale. For example
you can start with any piano note and then go ahead with this formula, you will be constructing the Major Scale of that note.
Ok? Thank you.
