The Major Scale
All major scales are created in the same way. They can start on any note.
The scale is composed by adding notes at the following intervals:
Tone-Tone-Semitone-Tone-Tone-Tone-Semitone.
| Name of note | Sol-fa name | C major | G major | Interval to next note |
| Key note, tonic | Do | C | G | Tone |
| Supertonic | Re | D | A | Tone |
| Mediant | Mi | E | B | Semitone |
| Sub-dominant | Fa | F | C | Tone |
| Dominant | Sol | G | D | Tone |
| Sub-mediant | La | A | E | Tone |
| Leading note | Ti | B | F# | Semitone |
| Key note, tonic | Do | C | G | Tone |
For example, here are C and G major in both the treble and bass clefs.
Major scales start on C, G, D, A, E, B(Cb), F# or Gb, Db(C#), Ab, Eb, Bb, F
| Key note | Alternative name | Number of Sharps or flats |
| C | ||
| G | 1 sharp | |
| D | 2 sharps | |
| A | 3 sharps | |
| E | 4 sharps | |
| B | Cb | 5 sharps (7 flats) |
| F# | Gb | 6 flats 6 sharps |
| Db | C# | 5 flats (7 sharps) |
| Ab | 4 flats | |
| Eb | 3 flats | |
| Bb | 2 flats | |
| F | 1 flat | |
| C |