Remember that for the melodic minor scale, when descending, you play the natural minor scale. David baker named these scales the bebop scales because they. Major and minor harmonic and melodic scales, 4 octaves, hands together, correct fingerings. We will first of all learn how to build major scales and minor scales.
Piano fingering chart washington state music teachers association. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. If you choose to use a credit card, rest assured that we never see your credit card details as paypal. Visual chart for the piano of all major and minor scales with circle of fifths and 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. Major and natural minor scales for piano with fingerings. Etude 6 hearing scales as harmonic extensions part 1. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. 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. A minor scale a b c d e f g a ww e minor scale e f. Minor scales sound different from major scales because they are based on a. A minor 3rd up from c would be eb major, and if we play the eb major scale from c to c we get the c natural minor scale.
Minor scales are no less important or smaller in size than major scales. Building piano scales major, minor, etc in all keys. Sheet music with piano pieces and scales to open as pdf files. If you need staff paper, you may print the staff paper12 pdf file. Harmonic minor scales for piano download sheet music pdf file. Work title scales, arpeggios, and cadences for piano alt ernative. In the scale, the major quality of the triads is speci. 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. It is important to study scales because they make up chords. If you dont want notes, here are picture scales with all the major scales plus fingering for each hand. Guitar scales guitar scales regardless what instrument you play, learning to play scales is a rite of passage. Scales for piano scales piano scales for the piano scales of piano piano scales speed exercises piano school the. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free in pdf or midi print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales.
Jazz scale applications the preceding scales are here roughly arranged from most consonant to most dissonant in relation to the following chord types. Purchase, download and print sheet music pdf file now. For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at natural minor scale. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale. Here you can try to play some piano pieces from classical composers, or the children and tradional songs below. Heres a diagram of the melodic c minor scale on piano. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all minor scales, starting from note c. Here they are, printable with fingering and study guide. In music, the term scale refers to a pattern of notes ordered by pitch. Printable piano music scales in all major and harmonic minor keys. High resolution sheet music free scales major minor harmonic.
The sixth note of each major scale is the root note of the relative minor scale. The scale in all keys can be downloaded as a pdffile. Key of db major bb or minor guitar scales as we discussed in our introduction, some notes can be referred to by di. The a minor scale include exactly the same notes as the c major scale which. Besides learning scales from visual diagram presentation, it is a very good idea to exercise them in notated form. This minor pentatonic scales ebook is a compilation of 9 years of preparation work teaching guitar to a wide range of abilities. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. Buy your music teaching resources in complete safety via any major credit card through paypal or directly through your paypal account if you have one. Each is available in a downloadable pdf form for free. Scale midi files to help you play in key jeremy latham. Advanced students may choose to use the pdf fingering chart that lists the fingerings to all scales. We shall look at various kinds of scales in this section.
Major, minor and chromatic scales zeckwer, richard imslp. Keyboard strategies, master text ii, ks ii by stecher, horowitz. After deciding on a scale for a new track its useful to keep to notes that are within the scale. Then we learn how to form chromatic, pentatonic and blues scales and more. After trying many ways of teaching scales to students and moving them on to improvising and soloing, i have developed this exercise ebook to really get to grips with these 5 scale shapes. Music theory fundamentals 40 right hand fingerings above, left hand fingerings below. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. Single octave natural minor scales with fingerings for piano.
The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. The solution below shows the a minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. The idea behind doing this was basically that i couldnt find any chord diagrams that werent either being charged for or. Join pianogroove pro to access all downloads and learning resources. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook. Free trumpet scales pdf file this is an online free download of sheet music. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales.
These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students. Major, minor and chromatic scales zeckwer, richard. Scales, arpeggios, and cadences manookian, jeff imslp. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. Notes that are outside can be used, for example to add interest or during a key change, but when starting out producing its easier to keep to the scale notes.
Minor scales include natural or pure minor scales, harmonic minor scales and melodic minor scales. The thesaurus is arranged in the form of piano scales and melodic studies. Each minor scale has a di erent use and application in jazz piano and so learning how to construct and apply each one is an important skill. The solution below shows the a minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef the lesson steps then explain how to identify the a minor scale note interval positions, choose the note names, and scale degree names for a quick summary of this topic, have a look at natural minor scale. The scale studies are broken down into intervals and the exercises contain three and fourpart chords, playing. Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. Skills 37 48, including the unt piano proficiency required texts. In this guide, we will cover piano scales in depth and cover all major scales, minor scales, tones, semitones, chromatic scales briefly. Download free minor scales and piano chords chart key of am. Practice your choral score selection for the piano proficiency quiz in week 7.
Piano scales sheet music to help beginners get the right hand shape for scales and. The lesson steps then explain how to identify the a minor scale note interval positions, choose the note names, and scale degree names. Scale fingering chart for advanced pianists arpeggios fingering chart. Thus, you need to know scales in order to form chords. 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. A free collection of printable piano scales with fingering. These are the standardized fingerings accepted by most universities.
Playing scales on piano has the added benefit of encouraging visual memory. Scores featuring the piano for 1 player content is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Jazz piano basics practice guide pdf practice plans. I have over 2600 chords, chord boxes, scales and intervals shapes, and i. This item does not appear to have any files that can be experienced on. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. For example, to form a major or minor chord, you take the first 1, third 3, and 5 degrees of a scale and play them simultaneously together at once. With piano chord charts you will finally have everything in one place. All the scales here are in one octave, but you can of course practice each piano scale in as many octaves and in any tempo you like.
Triads within the major and minor scales there are speci. Bebop scales the bebop scales are frequently used in jazz improvisation and are derived from the modes of the major scale, the melodic minor scale and the harmonic minor scale. 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. You can learn how to form other melodic and harmonic minor scales at our main piano music scales section. Like major scales, minor scales have eight notes, with the top and bottom tonic notes. Check out the downloads page for descriptions of all the files. Play scales very slowly with big bows keeping an even tone across the bow stroke practice scales with a drone pitch using the first note of the scale memorize the scales occasionally use a tuner to help you tune each pitch.
Now the natural minor scale can be played over minor chords, but there are other scales which give in my opinion much nicer colours and flavours. Visual chart for piano of all major and minor scales with circle of fifths and fingerings. This scale can sometimes confuse people because it is in a way identical to the major scale. Keyboard theory and piano technique music lauren schack clark. This is the foundation to becoming a learned musician, rather than merely a recreational player. Free piano exercise 1octave harmonic minor scales in 12 keys. Harmonic minor scale, natural and melodic minor scale menorca map pdf and piano chords chart for.