The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. Download this pdf with all the major scales and fingering for piano. C melodic minor scale and fingering chart 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 name c o m i n g d o w n g o i n g u p 1 5 1 5 2 4. Switch out the regular twooctave majorminor scales for a minor pentatonic blues scale. The pentatonic scale is a major scale excluding the 4th and 7th degrees. These scales are for obvious reasons perfect when playing blues on the piano. Imagine having to go from the key of b flat to f minor in two measures. Watch the free video, then download the pdf sheet music to play along with at your piano. Shop and buy scale and arpeggio manual sheet music. The pentatonic scale is a great scale for improvising and soloing. It doesnt claim to be an introduction to jazz piano or jazz improvization theory.
My interactive pentatonic scales chart for piano shows fingering diagrams for both pentatonic major and pentatonic minor scales. Piano music scales often use the same finger pattern. Scale compendium, often referred to as the major 326 or minor 330 pentatonic scale 4, play the shapes found in the exercises, but replace the written notes with the notes of your chos en scale. As a matter of fact one can say that the pentatonic is a major scale with out semi. A major scale learn how to play the a major scale in this piano lesson.
Another way of looking at it is a major scale excluding the 4th and 7th degrees. Download free printable sheet music for the scale with fingering in pdf format. Starting from any key on the piano you can play a scale. The pentatonic scale, major and minor free piano lessons. This lesson is closely related to the pentatonic improvisation. A collection of scales for piano starting on the root c. A scale is a series of notes pitches arranged from lowest to highest. An example would be using g minor after the b fiat chord and then using a c suspension chord into f minor.
This is because this scale is really the blues scale with one note missing. This is also a great way to jazz up a students scale warmups. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6th and 7th scale degree ascending, revert to natural minor descending. The relative minor scale is built upon the sixth tone of the major scale. The pentatonic scale is frequently used in lots of popular music styles. Whole and a half, whole, whole, whole and a half, whole. Every white piano key has a black key between it except for the following keys. You have a lot of freedom when playing and improvising using pentatonic scales.
The solution below shows the b minor pentatonic scale, on the piano, bass and treble clef. Here youll find piano scales in the treble and bass clef with their fingering. The minor scale uses the wh wwh ww pattern of intervals wholehalfwholewholehalfwholewhole. Charts for d minor pentatonic on guitar and piano all scales not normal were excluded from the results, please use the options below to see d minor pentatonic again with all the other scales compared to it. The solution below shows the b minor pentatonic scale, on the piano, bass and treble clef the lesson steps then explain how to construct the scale. Some however are different and depend on which black notes come up in that particular scale. Full fingerings for each of these nine scales are given in all twelve keys for both right and left hand, which is to say, the book gives us two hundred and sixteen sets of fingerings in all assuming ive done the arithmetic right.
Browse alfred music from alfred music at sheet music plus. The most common scales when playing the piano, are major and minor scales. Below are the minor scale charts for piano in all 12 keys ordered by the circle of 5ths. A harmonic minor piano scales piano scales chart 8notes. The number of strings is much larger, because the number of strings per. Any note you hit in this scale, usually sounds right when soloing. The pentatonic scale pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five. For a quick summary to this topic, have a look at pentatonic scale. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. Jan 31, 2014 this is also a great way to jazz up a students scale warmups. Learning how to play all the scales on the piano is a great way to improve your overall piano playing. For example, in an a minor blues scale, the added note would be d sharp. For more advanced students, have them play a 12 or 16bar blues form underneath.
This minor scale also begins on the 6th degree of the relative major scale. This fivenote scale is similar to the major scale, but with the 4th and 7th degrees removed. To my wife merry and our daughters eileen and suelynn the material of chapter one originated from my notes on how the late mlle. Note that a minor pentatonic has identical notes with c major pentatonic but in different order. The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start with minor and you will find the major by.
It ascends or descends for one octave using the major scales key signature. The solution below shows the e minor pentatonic scale, on the piano, bass and treble clef the lesson steps then explain how to construct the scale using the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. Scale and arpeggio manual by walter macfarren sheet. Next in our lesson on piano scales we take a look at the melodic minor scale. I use it daily now and it sits on my shelf with other scale practice books from emile decosmo. For more background on these scales see learning pentatonic scales for guitar and piano scale fingering as well as my piano scale category. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book.
Pentatonic scale improvisation pentatonic scale soloing. Piano scales and minor scales piano tips and free piano. To my wife merry and our daughters eileen and suelynn. In addition to the traditional pentatonic scale, this book introduces eight other pentatonic scales. There are both pentatonic major and minor the minor is slightly more often used. Building piano scales major, minor, etc in all keys. In piano scales, two main scales are the major and minor scales. The semitones in the major scale have a very active function in the scale leading to the root or the third note of the scale. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7. Free minor pentatonic blues scale chart saras music studio. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. The number of strings is much larger, because the number of strings per note changes from one and two strings for the bass notes to three strings for the treble notes. Use this piano lesson to strengthen your overall piano playing. The lesson steps then explain how to construct the scale using the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th minor scale notes.
Ill list them here as i finish them with the hope someone out there will find them useful. The solution below shows the e minor pentatonic scale, on the piano, bass and treble clef. Ab major scale learn how to play the ab major scale in this piano lesson. Use this piano lesson to learn how to play the d major scale. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale. Compare the picture of the circle of 5ths below with the face of a. Print and download the major scales sheet music composed by etudes arranged for piano. Etudes the major scales sheet music piano solo in c. One solution is to go to the ii chord of the new key from the old key. Major pentatonic scales are especially common in traditional folk music, country and gospel. Minor scales for piano as you may already know, the same technology i used to make guitar scale charts was used to make them for piano too.
Some however are different and depend on which black notes come up in that. Free pdf downloads of c major, c harmonic minor, and more. D minor pentatonic has the same notes as f major pentatonic and so. Adding a blue note to the regular pentatonic scale result in the pentatonic blues scale. The minor scale uses the wh wwh ww pattern of intervals. From e to f two adjacent white keys from b to c two adjacent white keys you can see this by looking at middle c and go down a. C, d, e, g, a, c which are the 1st,2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th degrees of the major scale. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7 th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6 th and 7 th scale degree ascending, revert to. D minor harmonic scale learn how to play the d minor harmonic scale in this piano lesson. This lesson is closely related to the pentatonic improvisation lesson so if you havent watched that tutorial id recommend you check that out first. Ill list them here as i finish them with the hope someone out there. The technology i use to create guitar scales can be used to generate piano scale charts and diagrams too.
You just need to know the right notes for each key. As a matter of fact one can say that the pentatonic is a major scale with out semi tones. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. In this lesson im going to introduce you to the concept of pentatonic harmony. You can easily see them as 7 white keys, and 5 black. Piano string scale and basic formulae usually the total number of notes of a grand piano is equal to 88. The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start with minor and you will find the major by scrolling down. Scale and arpeggio manual by walter macfarren sheet music. One solution is to go to the ii chord of the new key. A pentatonic scale is only five notes, so a special fingering isnt needed unless you want to play it up and down the piano, which isnt practical anyways due to the skip of a minor 3rd between the.