subject: C Major Piano Scale - How To Use And Play It [print this page] The C major piano scale is the most basic scale there is in musical studies. It is probably the first one you will learn and is used in almost every form of music because of its cheerful sound. Before you can start playing it, you must understand the logic behind it. Here is an explanation of the structure of the C major scale: C, D, E, F, G, A, B and back to C As you can see all the notes are natural no diminished or augmented. The C major piano scale is similar to all major diatonic scales in its interval structure. Once you grasp this structure you can build any major scale on any key. The intervals are as followed: Between C and D there is one tone Between D and E there is also one tone Between E and F there is half a tone (You can observe this on the keyboard itself. Between the E and F notes are no black keys representing half tones. Between E and G there one tone Between G and A the same Between A and B only half a tone Between B to C one whole tone This is the interval structure of the C major piano scale. I would suggest you start writing on a piece of paper the rest of the notes of every major scale you can think of, this will immensely help you in the future. How to play it on the piano: Locate the C note and simply play all the white notes until you find yourself back at the C note again. You can practice it going up and going down and many other variations to get your technique going. Playing C major piano scale is the beginning of many marvelous types of music applications you can use. Remember, you have to start somewhere.
