Piano Lessons

Lesson 2…Major and Minor Piano Chords Piano chords, or any chord for that matter, are formed by combining two or more scale tones (notes).You now know the tones (notes) that comprise all 12 major scales and you can play these scales smoothly (not necessarily quicklyyet!). It is now time to apply this knowledge and begin [...]

Lesson 1…How to build major and minor piano scales Piano scales are the building blocks so to speak on which piano chords are formed. For our studies we will concentrate on diatonic scales for the piano. A diatonic scale is composed of a series of five whole steps and two half-steps. A half-step consists of [...]

All 12 Major Scales All Twelve Major Scales from C through to B This is one of the most common scales used in music today, the biggest problem people have with learning a new scale is the fingering, so Im going to show you the most common fingering for each of the major scales over [...]

So the step pattern relationships for any major Ionian scale are a whole step, a whole step, a half step, whole step, whole step, and a half step. Here it is (piano playing). When you learn one scale like say the C major Ionian scale you will be able by applying the same step pattern [...]

A Minor Harmonic Piano Scale Learn How To Play The A Minor Harmonic Scale On Piano! Let’s take a look at the A Minor harmonic scale now. The notes that make up the scale are A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, and back to A. To finger this scale with your right hand, start [...]

Mastering Scales – Free Piano Lesson To be a proficient pianist, one needs to master the basic of piano scales. Do you know that all chords are derived from scales? Knowing how to play piano scales effectively will help you improvise as well as making up melodies of songs. There are two types of scales: [...]

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The C Major Scale The C Major Scale Page 1 The C Major Scale Page 2 This is Lesson #5. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to play the C major scale. What exactly is a scale? All music follows one series of intervals defined by their key signatures. Each scale has a specific key [...]

From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection 1 The scales and the piano 1.1 Why Learn the Scales? 1.2 What scales are 1.2.1 The different minors 1.3 List of things to practice with scales 1.4 Fingerings for the major and minor scales [edit] The scales and the piano There are many different scales in music, from [...]