

That is : **B♭ - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - B♭** The B♭ major scale (contains 2 flats) the distance between That is : **F - G - A - B♭ - C - D - E - F** Scales with flats The F major scale (contains 1 flat) the distance between The B major scale (contains 5 sharps) the distance between


The E major scale (contains 4 sharps) the distance between The A major scale (contains 3 sharps) the distance between That is : **D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D** The D major scale (contains 2 sharps) the distance between That is : **G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G** Scales with sharps The G major scale (contains 1 sharp) the distance between It's important, too, to visualise scales on your instrument + on the staves (both treble and bass staves) + on a piano keyboard. It's a basic skill that benefits to every musician. My opinion, is that the best way to remember it is by playing and playing again your scales. There are some simple techniques to remember how many flats (or sharps) correspond to which scale. Those are the same pitches, but with different names, nothing special other than that.Īs you will see, we will construct, for example, the C♭ scale : same pitches as B scale, so the C♭ scale is not common. You will notice that, for example, we will construct the scale of D♭, and the scale of C♯. The second part deals with scales that need flats (♭) to be constructed, sorted by number of flats (from 1 flat to 7 flats) The first part deals with scales that need sharps (♯) to be constructed, sorted by number of sharps (from 1 sharp to 7 sharps) (using the same recipe, that is the last column we used for C major scale and D major scale) See this post for details. We will construct all usual major scales. Now that you know almost everything about Accidentals, it's about time we reach the next level!
