After completing this lesson, you should be able to answer these questions/do these things:
Answer These
- Explain what a scale is.
- Name a few different scales.
- State the formula of a major scale as a series of whole steps and half-steps.
- Explain what scale degrees are.
- State which major scale degrees are separated by half-steps.
- State which major scale degrees are separated by whole steps.
Play These
- Play any major scale across a single string and name the scale degree as you play it.
- Play any major scale across a single string and name the note as you play it.
- Play major scales both forward (ascending) and backward (descending) across a single string.
- Improvise over a jam track.