You should never be bored when the scales are on your mind and in don't forget to enjoy them! Scales can be lots ofįun. Play them in your pajamas, play them in your workĬlothes, play them in your football uniform. Play them loud, play them soft, play them with musical Play them parallel and inĬontrary motion. Play them hands-separately, hands-together. Scales in octaves, play the scales in thirds, in sixths, in tenths.

Speed and dexterity using the metronome, rhythms and links. The pianist who has all the major and minor scalesįirmly in his head and in his hands will be much more confident andĬomfortable with all areas of piano playing then one who does not. Will grow and your ability to solve and master fingering issues willĮxpand greatly. To you without proper knowledge of the scales. You and you will see relationships and patterns which would not occur Chords and chordal structures will make much more sense to Memorizing music, as well as understanding the structure of the music Your knowledge of keyboard geography andĬonfidence in the feel and shape of each scale will help in reading and [The mastering of all major and minor scales will benefit your piano This will help tremendously in all the other areas of piano study: tunes, music reading, and learning and memorizing piano pieces. Keyboard imagery will be expanding in your mind and in your hands. Do this, and you will be greatly enhancing you knowledge and your skills. Melodic minor ascending, and the natural minor descending.]Īs with all other scales that your play, multiply the benefits to your piano-playing foundation by following them with Arpeggios, a cadence, and a tune in the same key. For descending scales, just reverse the fingering you used ascending.įor the melodic minor scale, classical pianists like to play the Master the fingerings hand separately, and then together. To play each scale with both hands, ascending and descending, four Learn the scales ascending and descending.

Melodic minor scale, and the harmonic minor scale. Here are the B-flat Minor Scales: the natural minor scale, the

B flat minor scale