The Four Rules of Scales

The Rules of Scales

There are four rules of scales. If you know these four rules, you can build all Major scales that can be played by every instrument.

1. The name of the scale is the first pitch and the highest pitch in the scale.

2.There must be one letter of each pitch between the lowest and highest note in alphabetical order.

3. No two scales have the same key signature. They are each different.

4. You can only have flats or sharps in a key signature, not both.