(If you're learning to improvise tunes, try playing just on the white keys for a start) The pattern formed by those seven notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B is the major scale whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step Start on A and you get the natural minor pattern, A, B, C, D, E, F, GThe Key Signature of E Major Now that you know the E major scale on piano, it also means you know the key of E major This is great!The E major scale has 4 sharps This major scale key is on the Circle of 5ths E major on circle of 5ths, which means that it is a commonly used major scale key Middle C (midi note 60) is shown with an orange line under the 2nd note on the piano diagram These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef B Flat Major Scale Piano Music Theory E major scale piano notes
