Construction

Using Tetrachords

Combine two major tetrachords that begin a P5 apart:

Spelling on Seconds

Memorize the pattern of seconds in major and use a piano keyboard:

Use the Circle of Fourths

Complementary Scales

Complementary scales start on the same letter, but have opposing accidentals.

Using the following chart makes it so that one only has to memorize 7 sets of major scales, rather than 15 individual major scales.

Diatonic Functions in Major

Each scale degree has a functional name and relationship to the tonic (scale degree 1):

In Sequence