Originally Posted by: pick294Ok so let me get this right, an A minor scale is the same as a C minor scale just that they start on different notes? ie A scale and C scale?

Precisely. :)

The formula can be applied to any of the 12 possible chromatic musical alphabet letter notes. Any given scale has two defining characteristics.

1. The root note, or the 1st, is how it gets it name. C major scale.
2. The quality of scale determined by the interval formula. C major scale.

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