“The First Noel” – a carol made of a simple scale
Melodies (the tune of a song) are made from scales, and sometimes purely from scales.
In “The First Noel”, for example, the melody is made entirely from the diatonic scale. I demonstrate it in the key of C, but the same would be true in any other major key. Watch this short video:
Lots of great courses on this type of thing over at our catalog.