Major Scale Melody

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Add two notes to the major pentatonic to complete the major scale — the foundation of modern music and the single largest milestone in your journey. Seven steps along the circle of 5ths produce the most consonant system of three major and three minor triads and pentatonics, the basis for most songs you have heard.

Why

  • Combining triads and pentatonics that work well together requires structure — the major scale and its modes provide it like no other scale

  • Here your practice of triads and pentatonics becomes the ability to transcribe, write songs, and improvise

  • The two added notes also expand your melodic vocabulary

The path

  1. Untimed
  2. Timed
  3. Range Shifting
  4. Nesting Layers
  5. Anchored
  6. Full Range
  7. Pentatonics Full Range
  8. Triads Full Range

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