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The formula used to construct any major scale is 2 whole steps, 1 half step, 3 whole steps, and 1 half step. To find a C Major Scale, begin on note C and use the formula. One whole step from C leads to D. Another whole step from D leads to E. Then, move up one half step to F. One whole step from F is G. From G, move another whole step to A. The last whole step leads to B. Take one last half step to C. The notes of the C Major Scale in order are C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
An interval is the distance between two pitches. These intervals are measured in half-steps and whole steps. For example, a half-step is like C to Db. A whole step would be C to D. A major scale is made up of these steps as so: C MAJOR Whole step, Whole step, Half step, Whole step, Whole step, Whole step, Half step. C to D, D to E, E to F, F to G, G to A, A to B, B to C WWHWWWH You may have noticed that from E to F and from B to C it was a half step just as if it were from C to Db. This is because these pitches are simply a half step away from each other.
No, it's a half step. E to F is a half step, and if both are flat, the interval remains the same.
Root, whole-step, half-step, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. On a piano, if you start on A you would bo straight up the white notes. if you start on C, you would go C, D, E-flat, F, G, A-flat, B-flat, C
It's called a whole-tone scale. An example is C D E F# G# A# C.