(Part 3) Beginner's Piano Course: Day 5 - The Major Scale | EASY Lessons for Beginners

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:01][music] >> And notice what happened. To keep the major scale pattern correct, we ended up with two sharps, F sharp and C sharp.

[00:00:12]Now, that's not random. That's the formula doing its job. Now, let's do one more because this is where it really starts to kick in. Let's build an A major scale. Same exact formula again.

[00:00:23]Start on A and follow it carefully. From A, a whole step to B. From B, a whole step again to C sharp. From C sharp, only half step up to D. From D, whole step up to E.

[00:00:39]From E, whole step up to F sharp. From F sharp, whole step up to G sharp.

[00:00:47]And from G sharp, half step up back to A. So, the A major scale is A, B, C sharp, D, E, F sharp, G sharp, A.

[00:01:02]>> [music] >> And notice again, we needed three sharps this time, C sharp, F sharp, and G sharp. Same rule, same pattern, different starting note. So, here's the big takeaway. You don't memorize random scales. You memorize one pattern, the whole step whole step half step whole step whole step whole step half step pattern, and that pattern builds every major scale.

[00:01:26]Okay, I guess you can build any major scale now. So, how many scales are there? Since we have 12 notes in music including sharps and flats, we have 12 major scales.

[00:01:37]Now that you've learned the formula to build a major scale, it's time to use it. Start by playing a few major scales with the fingering we learned. Then pick out the melodies from songs you like because a lot of them come straight from the major scale. A perfect one to start is Do-Re-Mi by The Sound of Music. Try it out in our interactive lessons, it's in the link below. If you want more major scales, we'll cover them using the circle of fifths in the next chapter.

[00:01:59]You can also download the course PDF. It includes all the major scales and all the notes for this chapter, so you don't have to write everything down. It'll be specially helpful for the circle of fifths because it shows how many major scales connect to each other. I've also linked an extra PDF with other scales that sound very different if you want to explore. Stay tuned. Next videos will show you how to use scales and build chord progressions from them to play songs and even make your own music. See you in the next one.