Major Scale Ionian Mode Revision

All you have to know about major scale, in one article. It’s not a normal lesson that we all are used to, but kind of resource center. If you want to know every basic data about major scale, take a look at this article and use it! Have a nice read, and I wish you interesting practice and analysis with that material. Without useless words, here you go.

Major Scale “ Ionian Mode

Intervallic recipe : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Whole/half tone recipe : W, W, H, W, W, W, H

Semitones recipe : 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

Notes in the key of C : C D E F G A B C

Harmonized Scale (chords):

 I “ major / C

 II “ minor / d

III “ minor / e

 IV “ major / F

  V “ major / G

 VI “ minor / a

VII “ dim   / Bdim

Shapes On The Fretboard:

 1 “ on one string                2 “ normal position                          

E||---------------------------------|-----------------------------|

B||---------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G||---------------------------------|-----------------------------|

D||---------------------------------|-------------------7--9--10--|

A||---------------------------------|---------7--8--10------------|

E||--8--10--12--13--15--17--19--20--|--8--10----------------------|

3 “ stretched position 4 “ open position

-------------------------------|--------------------------|

-------------------------------|--------------------0--1--|

-------------------------------|--------------0--2--------|

------------------------9--10--|-----0--2--3--------------|

-------------8--10--12---------|--3-----------------------|

--8--10--12--------------------|--------------------------|

5 “ trough two octaves

-----------------------------|-------------------7--8----|

-----------------------------|------------8--10----------|

-----------------------------|--7--9--10-----------------|

-------------------7--9--10--|---------------------------|

---------7--8--10------------|---------------------------|

--8--10----------------------|---------------------------|

6 “ trough three octaves

-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

-----------------------------|----------------------12--13--15--|

-----------------------------|----------10--12--14--------------|

-------------------7--9--10--|--12--14--------------------------|

---------7--8--10------------|----------------------------------|

--8--10----------------------|----------------------------------|

6 (continued)

--12--13--15--17--19--20--------|-----||

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Chords of major scale:

 C    Dm   Em   F       G    Am   Bdim         

E||--0----1----0----1----|--3----0----1---------||

B||--1----3----0----1----|--0----1----0---------||

G||--0----2----0----2----|--0----2----1---------||

D||--2----0----2----3----|--0----2----0---------||

A||--3---------2----0----|--2----0----2---------||

E||------------0----1----|--3-------------------||