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→Analysis of the Major Scale
This explains why there is a half step between B/C and E/F unlike all the other notes which are separated by a whole step. Labeling them this way causes the key of C major to have no flats/sharps.
=== Analysis of the Major Scale ===
Notice how the major scale is really just a whole, whole, half sequence, then a single whole tone, then another whole, whole, half sequence. (w w h) w (w w h). The (w w h) sequence is called a ''tetrachord'' (actually has 4 notes), and is historically very important in the development of music. It is our ''Do Re Mi Fa'' melody from above.