The Major Scale

The Major Scale is made up of 8 pitches and knowing this scale REALLY well will give you a framework to understand other scales. We are going to sing this scale with numbers 1-8. There are 3 speeds: easy, medium, and hard. Once you learn the scale, you can practice is at any tempo in any key.

Here are the numbers:

1

1 2 1

1 2 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1