Numbers
I wish I could make this “deep,” but all this entails is numbering each tone of the scale. So if your “C major” scale is C D E F G A B C, you’d just write down:
C = 1
D = 2
E = 3
F = 4
G = 5
A = 6
B = 7
C = 1
D = 2
E = 3
F = 4
G = 5
A = 6
B = 7
There is also a thing like extended numbering. Yes. This is where the number system extends to the 13th. You would ask why I suppose.
This extension occurs when we make an octave also of the relative minor note on the scale (6th degree), and continue the numbering. So, we would have:
C = 8, D = 9, E = 10, F = 11, G = 12, A = 13
This extension occurs when we make an octave also of the relative minor note on the scale (6th degree), and continue the numbering. So, we would have:
C = 8, D = 9, E = 10, F = 11, G = 12, A = 13
Looking at this numbering pattern, you would easily see that 8 = 1, 9 = 2, 10 = 3, 11 = 4, 12 = 5, and 13 = 6. So, playing the 13th will be the same as playing the 6th, logically.
When we get into how to build chords, you will understand why the intervals end at the thirteenth, apart from the concept I just gave of spelling out an octave of the major scale, and then it’s relative minor scale, to give you the extent of the expansion. It gets deeper than this, but like I said, I want to compress and summarize these teachings as much as I can, as easily as I can, in as little time as I can.
When we get into how to build chords, you will understand why the intervals end at the thirteenth, apart from the concept I just gave of spelling out an octave of the major scale, and then it’s relative minor scale, to give you the extent of the expansion. It gets deeper than this, but like I said, I want to compress and summarize these teachings as much as I can, as easily as I can, in as little time as I can.