TUTORIAL: Learning Scales & Chords

[bandcoach]

I'm not sure to understand how you got to that point... :

5) And thats it, now we have the A major scale, it should look like this - A B C# D E F# G# A

so any scale has each note name (A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A) appear once (the repeat of the starting/naming note at the end is normal to maintain the major scale structure T-T-S-T-T-T-S)

The table shows that we have 3 #'s in the scale of A major.

		0	1	2	3
Major	#	C	G f	D c	A g

the specific notes to be sharpened are F#, C# and G# worked out by reading back along the table from A to C

		0	1	2	3
Major	#	C	G f	D c	A g

so we expect that the notes will be A-B-C#-D-E-F#-G#-A

 

[Kalzonee]

Oh okay i think i got it now! Thanks.

Just to make sure, for example on E Major Scale it would be : E F# G# A B C# D# E ?

 

[Pumpthrust]

Oh okay i think i got it now! Thanks.

Just to make sure, for example on E Major Scale it would be : E F# G# A B C# D# E ?

Four sharps...you got it!

Once I learned the filling order of sharps and flats through thr circle of fifths, remembering my scales became MUCH much easier.

 

[Varing]

Very helpful!

 

[Sawley]

this is very helpful

 

[Torritorri]

Thanks!

 

[JasperNorth]

I hope i help somebody out, but here is the original picture that got lost apparently from the topic:

Image is in the attachments

Thanks to the internet archive project

 

[DiFFERENCE.]

bottom of it says it may not be 100% accurate... has the chart proven to be wrong?

 

[Pumpthrust]

bottom of it says it may not be 100% accurate... has the chart proven to be wrong?

No-it hasn't been proven wrong. I don't know why that caveat is even in there.

 

[Good Times Ahead]

This is such a handy post! A very big thank you for taking the time to post this, this is great information to have to hand and can I am sure it will do great things for the producers and music makers who absorb this. Thank you again!

 

[drpolarbear]

Thanks for this

 

[JaibeBliss]

This is helpful

 

[ovivalentino]

this is very helpful!

 

[Jojj3li]

This is beast thread! Thanks very much!

 

[Reezy]

a lil on chord progression please. can we stuck with same popular chord progression( 1 4 5 1 ) or we can alter them as we wish?
if we can alter how will we know which chords to fit which bars of melody?

 

[Ill Noizz]

Thanks this is helpful

 

[Cayden Carrell]

You can ofc use any chord progression you want. Try usin the 4 chords Am, F, C and G. In that order. Then try moving it around a bit by starting with C instead of Am.
The best answer is; read music theory, then try it out on your c\keyboard.

 

[Smutsigmusik]

This is gold!

 

[NEW5OME]

I am keen to learn this but just how important/use will it be? just depends how much depth I go into thats all

 

[CJ22]

Thanks