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When reading scales, you'll notice that the key is set in the key signature, not by accidentals on each note.Įach key also has character traits.

There are several categories of scales: Major, minors, and modes. If you look at a scale, it looks like a ladder where each rung is a note that fits in the key signature. For you history buffs, or if you just want to rock on trivia night, then remember that the word scale comes from the Latin word "Scala," which means ladder. If you were to use just those notes, you could make melodies and harmonies that would sound good together. Solfège solmization syllables are another method of naming notes in a major scale.Scale degrees are solmization syllables notated by Arabic numerals with carets above them.Major scales are named for their first note (which is also their last note), including any accidental that applies to the note.A major scale is an ordered collection of half (H) and whole (W) steps with the ascending succession W‑W‑H‑W‑W‑W‑H.Scales are collections of the eight notes that make up a key. The order of sharps in key signatures is F, C, G, D, A, E, B, while the order of flats is the opposite: B, E, A, D, G, C, F.Ī key signature, consisting of either sharps or flats, appears at the beginning of a composition, after a clef but before a time signature.Each note of a major scale is also named with scale-degree names: tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, and leading tone.The syllables are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti.

In sharp key signatures, the last sharp is a half step below the tonic (the first note of a scale). The circle of fifths is a convenient visual for remembering major key signatures.In flat key signatures, the second-to-last flat is the tonic. All of the major key signatures are placed on a circle in order of number of accidentals.Ī scale is an ordered collection of half and whole steps (see Half and Whole Steps and Accidentals to review).