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C major scale Key signature : no sharp or flat

C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C


G major scale Key signature : 1 sharp

G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G


D major scale Key signature : 2 sharps (Down - Up - Top)

D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D


A major scale Key signature : 3 sharps

A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A


E major scale Key signature : 4 sharps

E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E


B major scale Key signature : 5 sharps (Down - Up - Top)

B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B


F# and Gb major scales Key signature : 6 sharps , 6 flats

F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E# (=F) - F#

Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb (=B) - Db - Eb - F - Gb


Db and C# major scales Key signature : 5 flats , 7 sharps

Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db

C# - D# - E# (=F) - F# - G# - A# - B# (=C) - C#


Ab major scale Key signature : 4 flats (Down - Up - Top)

Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - Ab


Eb major scale Key signature : 3 flats

Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D - Eb


Bb major scale Key signature : 2 flats

Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb


F major scale Key signature : 1 flat (Down - Up - Top)

F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F

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The 12 major scales are part of Music Theory in general and are not specific to individual instruments. There are some instruments that produce different pitches when the same written note is played by the instrument and a piano, but this has to do with ease of notation because of the instrument's range of pitch rather than anything fundamentally different about music theory. Just go up a chromatic scale for the 12 different notes that can be the tonic of a scale: C, C sharp = D flat, D, E flat, E, F, F sharp = G flat, G, A flat, A, B flat, B. Scales can be constructed with D sharp, G sharp, or A sharp as the tonic, but they require double-sharps, and the flat equivalent is much easier.

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Major and Minor Pentatonic

Major and Minor going through all of there modes

Diminished

Augmented

Chromatic

Blues

The key is to know what key or keys the song is in. For example: the song is in C .. you can play anything you want and then go back to C to let the audience know you know where HOME is.

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C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B.

Since E# = F natural, there is no extra "E#" but instead F natural, which would have been there anyways. Same for B# and C.

There are 7 different white-key scales and 5 black-key scales, totaling 12 scales.

Each of those 12 different notes on the keyboard have 4 different types of scales, of which one of each is the major scale.

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C major, G major, D major, A major, E major, and B major...there are many more but i have to look them up and i will post them soon

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Bb, G, F, and Ab NOT CONCERT PITCHES.

thoes are the ones we played for symphony band audtions

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The 12 major scales on tuba Bb, Eb, Ab, Db/C#, G, C, F among others.

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