Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonOk, that's not "THE" major scale, it's a major scale, particularly G major. Technically "THE" major scale is simply a root note followed by two whole steps, a half step, three whole steps and another half step.

e.g. C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C

or in the case of your example

G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G

-w-w-h-w-w-w-h-

thanks buddy now its way clearer for me...theory's a pain...altho this is probably basic theory but yea...thanks for clearing it up! thanks all!