The scales and melodic patterns in the thesaurus are systematized in a manner convenient to. Learning these three scales in the key of a is a crucial step towards knowing how minor scales for piano work, but dont stop here. Alfreds basic piano library the complete book of scales chords arpeggios cadences 1. The harmonic minor scale uses the same keys as the parallel major scale same starting note, but major, but lowers the 3rd and the 6th. Like major, minor, harmonic minor, ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian. In this article, were going to focus on the minor scale. Boost your technique with a complete piano scales training plan, and take your piano skills to the next level. The blues scale can also be used over minor chords when the minor chord is sounded for 2, 4, 8, or 16.
These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. Building piano scales major, minor, etc in all keys. Piano chords chart pdf can be a useful tool, especially when you start learning how to play chords. Major and natural minor scales for piano with fingerings.
The melodic minor scale uses the same keys as the parallel major scale, but lowers the 3rd when ascending going up and lowers both the 7th, 6th and third going down. Every scale is explaned with its fingering, with the standar finghers numbering for right and left hand. List of all natural minor scales piano music theory. Check out some tips for improvising over minor chord progressions on piano for some excellent ideas on where to start. For a scale to be in the natural minor, scale degrees 3, 6, and 7 will all be played at a semitone lower than they would be in the major scale.
The 3 types of minor scales in music musicnotes now. If youre using your laptop in the studio, just resize one of the diagrams so that the scale youre teaching fills the the screen, then put the laptop on top of the piano. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. Leave us your email below to download our pdf resources. Ive already taught using a brilliant scale teaching aid from natalie wickham. Jazz piano lessons stepbystep lessons to master jazz theory. Get your free instant download of the pdf version of this guide now.
Technique scales and arpeggios download piano sheet music. There are 3 groups and its easier to learn a particular finger pattern and apply it to the group rather than learn each scale separately. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano. Major chord 047 minor chord 037 major 7th chord 04711 minor 7th chord 03710 augmented 04. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. Learning the major and minor scales for piano are one of the fundamental skills in a musicians education. How many musical scales are there the complete guide. Scales and scale studies for the violin edition peters.
In debussys piano piece voiles the prin cipal melodic. See more ideas about piano, piano scales, piano lessons. Im a piano teacher and was really glad to discover this book for my students. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. An explanation that leads to the understanding of the fundamentals of major and minor scales, chords, arpeggios and cadences is discussed in some detail. Download our piano scale finger charts for the major scale, harmonic minor scale and more. With standard notation, fingerings, chord names and introductory text. This pack includes ten pages of scales with the following features. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. Beginner piano scales will introduce you to the triad chords of that minor scale, and help you practice rhythm in 68 time. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. Here are the minor piano music scales in every key.
There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. Meter, scales, and key signatures because the white keys running from c to the next c an octave higher form a sequence of notes that have minor 2nds only between ef the 3rd and 4th notes and bc the 7th and 8th notes, musicians call that series of notes a c major scale. As an aside, it doesnt just have all the major and minor scales in octaves. See the scale notes and most important chords for each key of your keyboard.
Learn the proper technique to play scales and arpeggios on the piano. The natural minor scale is easy to compare with the major scale when using scale degrees. The 12 major scales provide the foundation for further scales study. This scale can sometimes confuse people because it is in a way identical to the major scale. This chord chart shows the most common chords in the root position. I have never known a piano student to finger well or read rapidly who was deficient in. Technique scales and arpeggios piano sheet music to download and print for instant access to the printable sheet music of scales and arpeggios by technique and thousands of other classical piano pieces, sign up for a piano street gold membership. Scroll down the page for the free pdf download links. Pick any key on your keyboard piano this is your zero point 2. Scales include major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor varieties. If youre playing an f blues, use the f blues scale, etc. In music theory, the primary scales that musicians learn are diatonic scales. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above.
And the only way to do that is to have the patterns of each minor scales unique whole and halfstep signature memorized perfectly. The most common scales when playing the piano, are major and minor scales. C harmonic minor 1st c,d,eb,f,g,ab,b 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,7. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. These pitches include five whole steps and two half steps. Here ive organised them in groups of fingering rather than keys. From each key on the piano you can start either a major or a minor scale. Chords for piano compiled by simon creedy please distribute freely the contents of this pdf file can be distributed freely and are available to everyone.
All scales are made with a specific pattern of whole steps tones and half steps semitones. Though youre probably more familiar with the terms major and minor, a diatonic scale is a scale with seven pitches. Pdfs of major and minor scale fingerings pdf of the scales mastery training plan overview. Music theory fundamentals 40 right hand fingerings above, left hand fingerings below. When you improvise on this song you have to use basically the c minor scale when you are in c minor key and eb scale when you are in eb key. All the scales and arpeggios needed for an abrsm grade 3 piano exam, played at the exact recommended tempo, including both forms of the minor scale harmonic and melodic. Piano major scales fingerings for people that start to study piano and need a complete guide to scales. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. When you go up the scale, you are using the melodic minor scale, but when you go down the scale. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales.
Free printable pdf downloads with notes and fingerings for scales in every key. There were no copy machines back then there seemed something a bit magical and comforting in this routine. B major and b minor are awkward arpeggios, no matter which. These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. Pdf alfreds basic piano library the complete book of. Learning the minor scale notes and hlinor key names. Visual chart for piano of all major and minor scales with circle of fifths and fingerings. Starting at zero, simply count up the keyboard to complete the given code common codes. How to play and practice scales and arpeggios for pianists. Minor scales and minor chord progressions generally contain richer harmonic possibilities. Piano major scales fingerings sheet music for piano.
The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. The formula to form a natural minor scale whole step half step whole step whole step half step whole step whole step or whwwhww. Make it your goal to be able to play minor scales in every key in music. Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. But a melody and so an improvisation is based above all on chord besides on key.