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The C Major Scale

The C Major Scale

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As we can see, the C major scale

Scale Degrees

Each note of this scale can be referred to by

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Whole and Half Steps in a C Major Scale

Let's take a look at the distance (in terms of whole/half steps) between

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A Formula emerges

The distance between each scale degree of the C major scale is

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