So the step pattern relationships for any major Ionian scale are a whole step, a whole step, a half step, whole step, whole step, and a half step. Here it is (piano playing). When you learn one scale like say the C major Ionian scale you will be able by applying the same step pattern note relationships work out a major scale in any of the 12 keys. In C, C to D is a whole step, D to E is a whole step, E to F is a half step as you can see, F to G is a whole step, G to A is a whole step, A to B is a whole step, B to C is a half step. Again no matter which of the 12 keys your are working in. It has no bearing whether the piano notes happen to be white or black. What is important is the step pattern relationship between the notes of the scale. If you play the C scales using a step pattern interval relationship for any major scale which has happens to all eight notes in the scale are white. If you play the E major scale using the same step pattern intervals for the major scale this is a same step pattern intervals for a major scale, you end up playing four white notes and a four black notes (piano playing).
See, four notes, four black notes. In all cases, the first and eight notes of a regular major scale are the same. In this case E and E are off the point, or a G. Okay, the E flat major scale starts on E flat of course, which happens to be a black note. There is the octave of B flat. If you notice these notes, these intervals, are the same, as the intervals we used in C. This is an important concept. Remember, because it applies to any key you are playing in. In a G sharp, F sharp, C sharp, it makes no difference. It may look confusing and different when you look at all these mazes of notes, but really the distances, the intervals, between the notes you are playing are the same as in C which is easy to see. If you got this is it. Whole step, and see that was the whole step then it went to a half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step. Those intervals are played to E flat. You still have the same thing, whole step, whole step, and a half step and so on. See? (Piano Playing)
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