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Scale Practice
Spell major and minor scales, spot the wrong note, and tell natural, harmonic and melodic minor apart. Every answer is checked instantly with the reason why. No account needed.
What you can practice
Major scales
- Spelling major scales
- Finding mistakes in a major scale
- Scale degree names
Minor scales
- Spelling natural minor scales
- Spelling harmonic minor
- Spelling melodic minor
- Identifying minor scale forms
How to practice
- Major: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone. Use each letter once, in order.
- Natural minor uses the key signature of its relative major.
- Harmonic minor raises the 7th; melodic minor raises the 6th and 7th going up.
Learn it first
A major scale is eight notes from one note up to the same letter an octave higher, following one fixed pattern of steps: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone (whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half). C major uses only the white keys: C D E F G A B C.
Questions about scale practice
- How do you identify a scale?
- Find the first note, then check the pattern of tones and semitones and any raised notes. A major scale follows T T S T T T S; harmonic minor has a raised 7th and a three-semitone step between its 6th and 7th notes.
- Why can’t a major scale mix sharps and flats?
- Each letter is used once, in order, so a scale needs only sharps or only flats. That is why every major key has a key signature of one kind.
- Is this scale practice free?
- Yes, with no account. The course adds writing scales on the staff and keyboard, sound, and graded quizzes.
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Race Melo in Scales & Modes
60-second sprints against Melo at the level you pick, or against your own best run.
See where you rank. Your Theory Tempo climbs from Grave to Prestissimo as you get faster, and every sprint shows how you compare with other players.
In the course: Lesson 8: Major Scales, Lesson 12: Minor Scales, Lesson 13: Harmonic and Melodic Minor