Advice on practice major scales

[Neffmusic]

THink I know now,start on say C then play E then play D and then play F,play E then play G etc.,is that right?

Yes, that is correct.

 

[JamesOxford]

That is to learn the "geography of your instrument".

I really like this @jbtsax . Also @georgesax thanks for asking so I didn't have to.