Why is C# in the D Major Scale?
So far in my music learning journey I've been quite happy with the Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half tone construction of major scales. That is until I came across the D Major Scale. D E F# G A B C#
Why does D Major Scale end in C#, surely that is a whole tone up from B not a half, why is the last note not C?
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So far in my music learning journey I've been quite happy with the Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half tone construction of major scales. That is until I came across the D Major Scale. D E F# G A B C#
Why does D Major Scale end in C#, surely that is a whole tone up from B not a half, why is the last note not C?
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So far in my music learning journey I've been quite happy with the Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half tone construction of major scales. That is until I came across the D Major Scale. D E F# G A B C#
Why does D Major Scale end in C#, surely that is a whole tone up from B not a half, why is the last note not C?
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So far in my music learning journey I've been quite happy with the Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half tone construction of major scales. That is until I came across the D Major Scale. D E F# G A B C#
Why does D Major Scale end in C#, surely that is a whole tone up from B not a half, why is the last note not C?
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"Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half " takes you from D to the D an octave higher. The last half is the gap between C# and D.
answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
– Mark Kneen
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T T S T T T S is the pattern for major scale notes. So W W H W W W H, as you state, is another way to describe it. Look at the last part - it's a semitone, or a half step, isn't it? That then is the space between the penultimate note and the root note again. A half step below D has to be C♯.
Maybe the confusion is that TTS etc is the 7 intervals between the 8 notes. Scales start and end on the root.
You're right that B to C# is a tone, but that gap is the one before the S. TTSTTS. Making the major in D D E F♯ G A B C♯ D
answered 1 hour ago
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Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
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"Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half " takes you from D to the D an octave higher. The last half is the gap between C# and D.
answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
– Mark Kneen
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"Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half " takes you from D to the D an octave higher. The last half is the gap between C# and D.
answered 1 hour ago
topo mortotopo morto
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
– Mark Kneen
1 hour ago
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"Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half " takes you from D to the D an octave higher. The last half is the gap between C# and D.
answered 1 hour ago
topo mortotopo morto
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"Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half " takes you from D to the D an octave higher. The last half is the gap between C# and D.
answered 1 hour ago
topo mortotopo morto
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answered 1 hour ago
topo mortotopo morto
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topo mortotopo morto
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answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
– Mark Kneen
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Thanks a lot, of course, time for a break I think.
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1 hour ago
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T T S T T T S is the pattern for major scale notes. So W W H W W W H, as you state, is another way to describe it. Look at the last part - it's a semitone, or a half step, isn't it? That then is the space between the penultimate note and the root note again. A half step below D has to be C♯.
Maybe the confusion is that TTS etc is the 7 intervals between the 8 notes. Scales start and end on the root.
You're right that B to C# is a tone, but that gap is the one before the S. TTSTTS. Making the major in D D E F♯ G A B C♯ D
answered 1 hour ago
TimTim
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Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
– Mark Kneen
1 hour ago
add a comment |
T T S T T T S is the pattern for major scale notes. So W W H W W W H, as you state, is another way to describe it. Look at the last part - it's a semitone, or a half step, isn't it? That then is the space between the penultimate note and the root note again. A half step below D has to be C♯.
Maybe the confusion is that TTS etc is the 7 intervals between the 8 notes. Scales start and end on the root.
You're right that B to C# is a tone, but that gap is the one before the S. TTSTTS. Making the major in D D E F♯ G A B C♯ D
answered 1 hour ago
TimTim
106k10107271
Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
– Mark Kneen
1 hour ago
add a comment |
T T S T T T S is the pattern for major scale notes. So W W H W W W H, as you state, is another way to describe it. Look at the last part - it's a semitone, or a half step, isn't it? That then is the space between the penultimate note and the root note again. A half step below D has to be C♯.
Maybe the confusion is that TTS etc is the 7 intervals between the 8 notes. Scales start and end on the root.
You're right that B to C# is a tone, but that gap is the one before the S. TTSTTS. Making the major in D D E F♯ G A B C♯ D
answered 1 hour ago
TimTim
106k10107271
T T S T T T S is the pattern for major scale notes. So W W H W W W H, as you state, is another way to describe it. Look at the last part - it's a semitone, or a half step, isn't it? That then is the space between the penultimate note and the root note again. A half step below D has to be C♯.
Maybe the confusion is that TTS etc is the 7 intervals between the 8 notes. Scales start and end on the root.
You're right that B to C# is a tone, but that gap is the one before the S. TTSTTS. Making the major in D D E F♯ G A B C♯ D
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Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
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Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
– Mark Kneen
1 hour ago
Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
– Mark Kneen
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Yes, just got it wrong in my head and couldn't step back. Thanks.
– Mark Kneen
1 hour ago
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