For example , the notes of the C diatonic scale -LRB- C , D , E , F , G , A , B -RRB- can be labeled -LCB- NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@4 , NUMBER@5 , NUMBER@6 , NUMBER@7 -RCB- , reflecting the choice of C as tonic .

It was a major scale . The pattern for a major scale has this set of steps : Note NUMBER@1 , tone , Note NUMBER@2 , tone , Note NUMBER@3 , semitone , Note NUMBER@4 , tone , Note NUMBER@5 , tone , Note NUMBER@6 , tone , Note NUMBER@7 , semitone , Note NUMBER@8 .
