4. 1 READ: Major Scale
Major Scales
To find the rest of the notes in a major key, start at the tonic and go up following this pattern: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step. This will take you to the tonic one octave higher than where you began, and includes all the notes in the key in that octave.

figure 4. 1 a
All major scales have the same pattern of half steps and whole steps, beginning on the note that names the scale - the tonic.
Here is the tune "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", written in G major.

figure 4. 1 b