Scale Builder
Major, minors, chromatic, modes
Steps: 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ (1 = whole step, ½ = half step, 1½ = augmented second)
- Scale
- C major
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Degrees
- 1. tonic · 2. supertonic · 3. mediant · 4. subdominant · 5. dominant · 6. submediant · 7. leading tone
- Tetrachords
- C D E F | G A B C: two identical tetrachords (whole, whole, half) a whole step apart
Used in: The Diatonic Scale: Whole Steps and Half Steps, The Names of the Scale Degrees, The Tetrachord, The modes: major and minor, How the minor scale is generated, The chromatic scale, Other Scales and the Modes