A major scale is the division of intervals between each note. So, if we are starting on C, the major scale would be C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. Once again, the C major scale would be C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. Once again, let us do that. Starting on the root of C, a whole step to D, whole step to E, half step to F, whole step to G, whole step to A, whole step to B, half step to C. Those intervals make up a C major scale. The fingering for that same scale is two, four, one, two, four, one, three, four. So, anywhere I play on the bass, that interval, it would be a major scale. So, if I start it here on C [demonstration]. If I started on D, [demonstration]. If I started on E, [demonstration], If I started on F# or Gb, [demonstration], started on G [demonstration], it would all be the same major scale.
And, what we talked about in the blues playing a one, four, five, that is because each note of a scale has an interval that is called. The C would be the root or the one, the D would be the two, the second interval, three would be E, four would be F, five would be G, six would be A, seven would be B and eight would be C for an octave. So, a major scale once again is two, four, one… two, four, one, three, four. The formula for a major scale is, C would be the root and we got whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step.
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