"Middle C" is the C nearest the middle of the keyboard. "To the right" is called "higher" because it's higher in pitch.) D is the white key to the right of C, while E and F are the next two white keys. C is any white key just to the left of a group of two black keys. (To find C, notice that black keys are grouped in twos and threes. The interval E to F, by contrast, is a half-step, because no other keys intervene. From C to the black key is 1/2 from the black key to D, another 1/2. Thus, C to D (see next paragraph for how to locate these keys) is a whole step, because there's a black key in between. A half-step is the interval between any two immediately adjacent notes, whether white key to black, or white to white. Major-scale intervals are either "half-steps" (1/2) or "whole steps" (1). A "descending" major scale is the same set of notes but in the opposite order.Īn "interval" is the distance between two notes.
Rule 1: The intervals in an ascending major scale, in order, are 1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1, 1, 1/2.Īn "ascending" scale is one that moves from left to right on the keyboard. (A major scale is the kind explored in the song, "Doe, a Deer.") I give two rules here that let you play a "major scale" starting on any note on the piano keyboard, and let you name the notes correctly, given the name of the starting note. Naming the notes of musical scales (October 12, 2000) James Boyk Home | Book & articles by James Boyk So the Ab major seventh chord is Ab C Eb G.Rules for Naming the Notes of Musical Scales, by James Boyk Music Lab Home | To find the last note, we just look at the 7th note of the scale - G. We already know the first bit from the major chord. This is build off of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th notes of the scale.
So if you look at the major chord, this means Ab, C and Eb make the major chord. Major chords are built off the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the scale.
Knowing the A flat major scale on piano not only helps you to play that and understand the key signature but you can also understand and know the Ab chord (written as Ab). (The order of the first 4 flats spells the word BEAD, so we now have the whole word!) Understand the Ab Chord from the Ab Scale The key of A flat has 4 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab and Db. Now that you know the A flat major scale, you also know the key signature of A flat major. A flat major scale piano fingering for left hand The Key Signature of A Flat Major
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