Which type of scale follows this pattern of whole and half steps?
W-W-H-W-W-W-H
The type of scale that follows this pattern of whole and half steps is the major scale.
The type of scale that follows the pattern W-W-H-W-W-W-H is called the major scale.
The type of scale that follows the pattern of whole and half steps you described is called the major scale. To understand how this pattern works, you need to know that a whole step represents a distance of two half steps, while a half step represents the distance of one key on a piano or one fret on a guitar.
Starting with any note, the major scale follows the pattern you mentioned: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, and half step. This can be represented using the letters of the musical alphabet or with numbers to indicate the distance between each note:
For example, let's use the C major scale as an illustration. Starting on the note C, if we apply the pattern W-W-H-W-W-W-H, we get the following set of notes:
C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
Now you can apply this pattern to any starting note to construct the major scale.