A SIMPLE Practice Method To Memorize Major Scales

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Don't get your major scales mixed up ever again with this Simple practise method. We have to practise in a way that helps us with our specific targets and usually when we focus on scales, we're focused on technique BUT as well as that, we can also aim to memorise them solidly to help us play and use them in music.
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0:00 What we're aiming for
0:37 A simple method to memorize major scales
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@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

- Hey everyone, don’t miss the quick fire section at the end - other helpful ways to memorise scales - PDFs HERE 👉 www.pianofs.com/downloads - 🎹 WATCH NEXT More scales videos 👇👇👇 Find Any Major Scale Easily Using 2 Blocks 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9p-hrVj3r2vYmg.html All 12 Major Scales | Just The Fingerings 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNNpmcqinqmzlw.html Order To Learn Different Scales 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/raibqbeCvLG9dX0.html Major Scales Tutorial Playlist 👉 kzfaq.info/sun/PL95TTZURe5Us_5Wz5aCWczSDmR5xO8p3P Minor Scale Theory Made Simple 👉 kzfaq.info/sun/PL95TTZURe5Uue4ogOmvlcdRvgqw2Qyvto

@wyattstevens8574 Жыл бұрын

Brad Harrison Music has a video about just this: "How to Play 3000% Faster in Only 10 Minutes of Practice"

@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting..I'm only playing 2 weeks now at age 57 so I'm getting into new scales now after C ... greetings from Latvia 🇱🇻🇮🇪

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

I have some tutorials in the channel, good luck! 🎹

@virginian3390 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, 56, from Virginia, US.

@Almightservant 2 жыл бұрын

Same here in Brazil 58, and improving day by day. Let's keep up!

@larryhiigel1680 Жыл бұрын

I would start on A, D and E. 1,4,5 progression. All the same fingering on these major chords. The C, F and G chords are the same as far as the fingering. Have fun with the odd one out. B took me for a ride.

@samanthaashe5072 Жыл бұрын

Same here, 55 in California US. Great video! Really helpful.

@BlurredTrees 9 ай бұрын

I’ve watched so many videos on theory and whatnot. This is the first I’ve come across the shape business. Like it!

@abdeljabarelgueddari735 2 жыл бұрын

Hi from Germany.The three pattens- the chromatic scale,the major scale and the circle of fifths- form the"holy trinity" of music where each is simply a reincarnation of the others, and where each pattern is inherently cyclical, forming an endless loop. Big up for this channel!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Ha maybe that should have some kind of symbol

@With-one-wing Ай бұрын

Ohio in US here! Thanks!

@miriamarit 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ...you made it look and play so easy...Kudos!

@TrekStar11 3 ай бұрын

Super helpful advice for beginners! Thank you

@user-lb2cd5ms5e Ай бұрын

Great lesson thank you so much

@ajotech 6 ай бұрын

Incredibly eye opening, thank you so much, love how the pennies truly make the patterns pop out so unforgettably.

@sonicart1808 3 ай бұрын

Great advice thanks, I have been using these and it really works well...

@virginian3390 2 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your instruction. From Richmond, Virginia, US.

@lawrencetaylor4101 2 жыл бұрын

Merci for this, you have a nice way to present ideas.

@PIANO_LAB 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@johnletitia Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mijoperkovic8074 Жыл бұрын

amazing , thanks !

@dowtube1 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@PianoFromScratch 2 ай бұрын

Ah thank you!

@kottybeats 4 ай бұрын

Every video I watch there seems to be a new insight on how to use the circle of fifths lol This is a great intuition to have, thanks!

@christophgass175 5 ай бұрын

Wow! Transforming the scale into a visible pattern. I was able to deduct the major scales on a piece of paper starting from c with relative ease but have never thought about visualizing them. That was very helpful.

@brendadavies3942 Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT THANK YOU XXX

@kenneth1767 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the shire of Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hi!

@williamviola 8 ай бұрын

Hi from Salzburg- love the ease and clarity- thumbs UP!!

@zemanyolga 5 ай бұрын

Thanks You explain Very good

@In_Absence_Of_A_Doctor Жыл бұрын

This is the best video about scales on KZfaq.

@david_davinci 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the West coast of Canada on Vancouver Island! Great tutorials...straightforward and easy to follow. Just started lessons 6 weeks ago, and this really helps!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@w.g.michaelsenior1653 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Jamaica. Excellent tutorial, helpful indeed. Thank you & blessings always.

@prithacaroline2837 Жыл бұрын

Really helped me

@lveengciphe4367 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Sir❤

@CALAVERADENUIT 8 ай бұрын

Great Video, thank you! Hello from Paraguay.

@zebromusicofficial 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@dvdzonenz2 2 ай бұрын

Greetings from Australia!

@PianoFromScratch 2 ай бұрын

Hello there!

@saileshramdaursingh4219 7 ай бұрын

Thank you ... 😊 I'm watching from Mauritius 😊

@bayareaconsult4115 Жыл бұрын

This is really good method 🙏🎶🎶

@tonaydachidofr8241 6 ай бұрын

ENLIGHTENING. Watching from Nigetia

@emmanuelssetuba2328 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of what I wanted to watch! Watching from Uganda East Africa 🇺🇬🇺🇬

@marilynrhodes3123 2 жыл бұрын

From Adelaide, Australia Thank you so much. 🤸‍♀️😊

@mathiasp. 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fresh Input.. gr33tings from germany 🤓👋

@olecram2059 Жыл бұрын

Great video !! Thanks. Seeing you from Chile 🇨🇱

@lydiaa.koranteng8948 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much ...love from Ghana🇬🇭

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

No probs!

@delight8888 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@haroonnaz4091 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Pakistan and also a Jesus's follower, I love your videos and useful lessons. Lot's of love for you my brother ❤

@yudipitre5720 2 жыл бұрын

From Bloomsburg PA

@onimisilovesonmusic4548 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ..its been a while...i have been waiting for your tutorials...hope u doing great

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Yes thanks. It has, they take a while to put together and sometimes work and life slow me down unfortunately but go as quick as I can 🙂

@cacolang 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks from Gran Canaria.

@catherineirenepearson2847 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for a great lesson, from Luxembourg

@sluzbowyhkp8700 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Poland

@rweetie1 5 ай бұрын

Hi from Calgary Canada, thanks for the great video...very helpful

@rajansomanathan7517 2 жыл бұрын

Good job thanks. From India

@michaelbonello7795 4 ай бұрын

Haven't touched the piano in 24 years! but I learnt scales perfectly at the time. However your explanation is easier to remember them. Well done. Malta.

@billyjulie3 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from the great state of Washington. Love the way you teach. Easy to follow and understand. One of my many problems was creating an organized way to learn. You have given me that. Keep it up. Thank you for what you do

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Glad the channel is helpful for you!

@yobabybubba 6 ай бұрын

Very helpful. Hello from N.Y. 🇺🇸

@PianoFromScratch 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@junaidqadirb Жыл бұрын

Watching from Balochistan Thanks for your videos.

@williamwhite7202 2 жыл бұрын

I just became a patron....You should be compensated for your hard work. Keep it up

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks for signing up and helping out the channel, hope it helps you out too!

@rashaanherbert4166 4 ай бұрын

Hi.. Rashaan Herbert here from St Vincent and the Grenadines; in the Caribbean.

@timothyirwin8974 5 ай бұрын

Canada here. We used to have copper pennies with the Queen's profile on one side but sadly pennies have been eliminated. Like the way you instruct.

@PianoFromScratch 5 ай бұрын

I visited Canada last year on honeymoon and saw the Queen on one of the bank notes, surprising at first but of course makes sense!

@dohlecarnett1866 2 жыл бұрын

Germany here. Your channel has been immensely helpful so far. I always shied away from playing piano and really getting into it. Your stuff helped to get a kickstart into everything and now I'm playing over a year and can proudly play Satie's Gymnopedies and Beethoven's Für Elise (the whole thing!). That being said: Can we get some more videos for intermediate players?!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it's been helpful! Yes I have lots of ideas I want to get to, practical and theory. Well done on what you've learnt so far, love gymnopdie in particular, which reminds me I haven't played that in ages

@tinmya1 2 жыл бұрын

Love your lessons and thank you from the Pacific NW of the US - Washington State - right next to the San Juan Islands and Canada!!! I see a few of your students from this area in WA and Canada below. 🙂 Have purchased 2 of your PDF files and plan to subscribe to your Patreon channel.

@BsktImp 2 жыл бұрын

One thing I recommend is, as early as possible, is to play a chosen scale beginning on scale degrees other than the tonic. It not only helps memorising the scale but builds in fluidity and flexibility when scale-like figures and passages are encountered in pieces.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Yes another helpful ‘mode’ of practise. Thanks for sharing

@stevenblackwell9889 Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a great idea , but for example in C major , starting on E , do you use 3 finger or the 1 that you would have used on the tonic

@BsktImp Жыл бұрын

@@stevenblackwell9889 You can do both; starting on the 'usual' finger for that scale degree (which is what I normally do), or treat it like a mode instead and adapt the fingering for playing that mode.

@holytrinitychoirmombasa1626 2 жыл бұрын

Good job Bro Agustino from Kenya

@endmoore 7 ай бұрын

Watching from Durban South Africa 🎉

@velcroman11 2 жыл бұрын

I think using the Circle of Fifths is a super great idea!

@gvk9039 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful video, greetings from india🇮🇳

@sameerdash582 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir... It's very helpful for me.. I'm from India 🇮🇳

@Mike-rw2nh 2 жыл бұрын

Such an elegant intro to major scales. Despite my being a fully qualified guitar princess, I find theory easier to digest on the piano. Stellar content. Subbed.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes I know a few guitarists too who find theory on piano helps their guitar playing. I think it's because you can see all the notes laid out in order

@Mike-rw2nh 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch I think you’re right. Sometimes guitar feels like playing 6 pianos at once. Time to deep dive your uploads. Many thanks.

@HahnJames 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos. I started learning to play soprano saxophone back in January. I learn thing here and I can make the connections to the soprano sax. I'm starting to get used to transposing from the key of Bb which is the key of my soprano sax to concert C to Eb which is the key of an alto sax and back again. I'm from Mount Pleasant, Michigan in the USA. The funny thing about Mt. Pleasant is that there's no mountains anywhere near here. We're in the rather flat center of the midlands of Michigan.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Good practise transposing! There's a hill in a big town near me in the UK (Tunbridge Wells) called mount pleasant, I wonder if it's named after that...

@HahnJames 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch That is a good question that I don't have the answer to. This area was settled by people from all over Western Europe. They came for the lumber. Supposedly, about 140 years ago, it was so heavily forested around here that it was difficult to walk through. Now, it's mostly farm land.

@vml_tec Жыл бұрын

Just bought a piano 🎹 looking for scale found this hope it's going to be helpful From India

@erozvachha753 Жыл бұрын

I am from India country i like your videos and your explanation thank you Friend.

@zandricloete4579 9 ай бұрын

All the way from Brak Pan!

@alexlindgren1 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Which order to learn all of them? C,G,D,A,F and then which order?

@abhishekbarali8504 Жыл бұрын

From north Korea mate

@chinthujames8817 Жыл бұрын

I’m from India and now i found my teacher ❤

@resetinvestments 2 жыл бұрын

I am watching from Accra, Ghana. Thank you for the lesson

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

No probs!

@williamviola 8 ай бұрын

My children like the coins bit;)

@pasemisterioso 2 ай бұрын

I have a question. While i'm playing the scales should i name the notes, the degrees or the finger numbers? I'm focusing on theory over technique or reading at this moment.

@selfsameday7448 2 ай бұрын

Canada, Ontario, City of Oakville.

@eddted2876 Жыл бұрын

Good tips! Glad he is NOT going at a fast pace! SLOW and EASY for.beginners good!! 🎫💊🎫💊🎫

@joshuawils6274 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro..need help...i know all the basics n all...but if u start singing i cannt figure out the chords to play..pls help

@gerardmcgee6073 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic teaching so easy to follow and understand greeting from Ireland

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@user-ps4je5ve9c 9 ай бұрын

Usa

@ernestgould953 8 ай бұрын

great information but it would help a bit if you had said that it was every note from the root note like a whole note i understood but a couple of months ago i would have been a bit confused hope this helps but great otherwise thanks

@shivangjoshi4931 2 жыл бұрын

Brother, how to avoid getting your fingers tense? My hands get cramped and I press wrong keys all the time

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to explain fully in a comment without seeing what you're doing first and also demonstrating, but generally speaking here's a few tips. Make sure that you're not trying to play anything too hard, technically difficult or complicated to begin with, it's best to get the basics right on simpler stuff then build up. Make sure you're using your arm weight to play and think about hand positioning and movement as you play too. A have a few videos that touch on this stuff but check out the channel pianolab as most of his videos are on piano technique and playing tension free 🙂

@shivangjoshi4931 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch Thankyou 🌸

@richiestarks6163 2 жыл бұрын

I been practicing 3 months. What i have learned is, go very slow, relax your hand and wrist. Sort of keep a dead hand. Practice playing five notes at a time (CDEFG) then shake your hands and repeat 10 times. Practice with a Metronome at a slow tempo and speed it up as your master the starting point. Starting slow improves muscle memory and accuracy. We in the learning thing together. Happy playing.

@shivangjoshi4931 2 жыл бұрын

@@richiestarks6163 🤜🤛🎹

@adamziolkowski2549 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but how long should I spend on one particular scale???

@POSTONBEATS 2 жыл бұрын

A day or two until it’s muscle memory

@sorry11303 2 жыл бұрын

⏸️🤔2:06 one sharp in a g Major scale 🤔

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

That's correct, 1 sharp

@jamesbondaygee 3 ай бұрын

much easier on piano than guitar...which is all over the place...

@wjray 2 жыл бұрын

This is a bit off topic and more of a request for a video. You did a video (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpygrK-evtmRYZs.html) that discussed how to construct major scales. It helped me tremendously. I am wondering if you could do a similar one for minor scales; something that can help you instantly visualize a particular minor scale, the differences between all the differing times of minor scales. I’ve learned a ton from you and am a huge fan of your pattern/formula approach to theory. Thank you so much for your hard work.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, there is a series on minor scales, 3 videos. This one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcd4grNzp-DbZXk.html talks about how to see the scale shape for the different types of minor scales. Hope it helps!

@boombaporiginal3359 7 ай бұрын

Why have you gone from c to g n then d am I missing something

@PianoFromScratch 7 ай бұрын

I'm guessing you mean C major to G major to D major? If so, that's because C major has no sharps, G major has 1 sharp and then D major has 2 sharps.

@boombaporiginal3359 7 ай бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch yeah apologies I was looking at picture my piano guy sent me and it make sense as to why using that method.

@kevin-7091 Жыл бұрын

3.5$ for a 20 page PDF?

@MUGEN4ever Жыл бұрын

merica

@axelj6062 11 ай бұрын

nevada

@Uselchen 15 күн бұрын

"Success! Your FREE Chord guide is on its way to your inbox!" NOPE its not. And there goes my mail another time into some random Newsletter

@tinmya1 2 жыл бұрын

Just subscribed to Level 2 on your Patreon channel. Not sure how I can change my name on Patreon as my real name is showing up since I used PayPal. Please do not give a shout-out using my real name. Just Simone Templar will do. Thank you for your understanding.😊

@tinmya1 2 жыл бұрын

Was able to change name on Patreon. 😉

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for signing up, appreciate the support and hope you get some extra value there. Of course, I won’t do that, no probs 🙂🙏

@bandandas8247 21 күн бұрын

Go over the scale with your finger

@kenschiavo191 4 ай бұрын

major scales....look at the notes...all whole steps except between 3 and 4, and 7 and 8. Formula works for all major scales, so we can be intuitive...instead of memorizing. This is ridiculously complicated. SO major goes.... Whole whole, half, whole whole whole half. Minor scale is all whole steps except 2 and 3, and 5 and 6, which are half steps on the notes. Whole half whole whole half whole whole. That's it. Works for any major minor, flat sharp scale, etc.

@PianoFromScratch 4 ай бұрын

Yup I talk about that stuff in other videos 👍

@sorry11303 2 жыл бұрын

Ohio 😎 🎻🙁😉😆