major scales

YouTube Playlist: Scale Mastery for Professional Saxophonists

  • Title: major scales
  • Release date: September 4, 2026
  • Produced by: Djere Services Group
  • Audio generated using: Gemini Notebook
  • Audio and video edited using only Free Software/open-source software (FOSS): Shotcut
  • Associated article: https://saxtalk.com/major-scales.html

Executive Summary

In this article/video, we're going to focus on mastering the major scales in all 15 key signatures. We'll use my Balanced Scale Pairs System (see Reference A) to master the C major scale, then we'll master 7 key pairs: the 1 accidental key pair through the 7 accidental key pair.

Keywords: major scales, music theory, key signatures, major keys, scale notes, sharps and flats, accidentals, practice charts, music reference, saxophone practice, instrumental practice

0 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
00C major0C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C

1 Accidental

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
01aG major1 Sharp (F#)G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G
01bF major1 Flat (Bb)F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F

2 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
02aD major2 Sharps (F#, C#)D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D
02bBb major2 Flats (Bb, Eb)Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb

3 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
03aA major3 Sharps (F#, C#, G#)A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
03bEb major3 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab)Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D - Eb

4 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
04aE major4 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#)E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E
04bAb major4 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db)Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - Ab

5 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
05aB major5 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#)B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B
05bDb major5 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db

6 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
06aF# major6 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#)F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E# - F#
06bGb major6 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb)Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb - Db - Eb - F - Gb

7 Accidentals

LabelKeySignatureScale Notes
07aC# major7 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#)C# - D# - E# - F# - G# - A# - B# - C#
07bCb major7 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb)Cb - Db - Eb - Fb - Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb

References

[A] The Balanced Scale Pairs System (Saxtalk.com). Retrieved September 3, 2026 from here.

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