Let's do C major. C D E F G A B. So there are 7. If you count the octave (C), then 8. This is the same with any major scale.
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There are eight notes (steps) in a major musical scale. If whole steps are tones and half steps are semitones, then the order is tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.
Major: major second, major second, minor second, major second, major second, major second, minor second.In other words, there are whole steps the whole way except between the third and fourth tones and seventh and eighth tones of the scale, where there are half steps.Minor: major second, major second, minor second, major second, major second, minor second, major second, major second.In other words, there are whole steps the whole way except between the second and third tones and fifth and sixth tones of the scale, where there are half steps.
The tones within a scale are divided by either tones or semitones. In a major scale, the order always goes: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone. For a minor scale, in natural form, the order always goes: tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone.