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5.3.4
Major Scales: 12 Major Scales in One Table, All Notes, All 12 Keys

Table 24 below shows all the notes and scale degrees for all 12 keys of the major mode. (The shaded bars are only a visual aid; they have no musical significance.)

  • The row above the first shaded row names the scale degrees: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 1 (8).
  • The first shaded row is the scale of the key of C major.
  • The next, slightly darker shaded row is the scale of the key of C sharp major.
  • The next row is the scale and key of D major.

And so on.

TABLE 24 All 12 Major Scales

Table showing all tones and semitones, and scale degrees of all 12 major musical keys.

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