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On the keyboard:
A half-step is the distance from one key to the next. It may be a white key, or it may be a black key.
A whole-step is made up of two half-steps.
A Major Scale if built on a pattern of
whole-step, whole-step,
half-step,
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Right hand fingering: 1,2,3,(thumb under) 1,2,3,4,5.
Left hand fingering: 5,4,3,2,1,(third finger over) 3,2,1.
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Study and play the major scales in other keys.
scale |
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D Major scale |
Bb Major scale
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A Major scale |
Eb Major scale
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E Major scale |
Ab Major scale
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