Major and minor harmonic and melodic scales, 4 octaves, hands together, correct fingerings. Free printable pdf downloads with notes and fingerings for scales in every key. Every scale is explaned with its fingering, with the standar finghers numbering for right and left hand. See the scale notes and most important chords for each key of your keyboard. For instance in the key of c the pitches of scale are c d e f g a b c. Jun 02, 2016 there are three kinds of minor scales. Eventually, you should be able to play each scale with both hands, ascending and descending, four octaves. A minor scale a b c d e f g a ww e minor scale e f. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. The scale in all keys can be downloaded as a pdffile. 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. Building piano scales major, minor, etc in all keys. This scale gives all the sharp, flat, and natural notes commonly used in all western music.
The minor scale sequence is whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. Name each of these minor scales and say whether it is the melodic or harmonic type, and whether it is ascending or descending a. Each minor scale has a di erent use and application in jazz piano. The difference between the major and minor scales is the pattern of the whole steps and half steps. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. Have fun practising scales with emusicmaestro backing tracks at.
High resolution sheet music free scales major minor harmonic. A scale is just some subset of the 12 notes in an octave. 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. How to form natural minor scales on piano or keyboard. And the only way to do that is to have the patterns of each minor scales unique whole and halfstep signature memorized perfectly. All melodic minor scales pdf major minor scales pdf. This pdf download sheet contains the modes of the major scale in all keys. 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. Point your mouse at the stave tap on mobile devices to reveal the answers. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. All minor scales illustrated with pictures including notes and fingerings. The idea behind doing this was basically that i couldnt find any chord diagrams that werent either being charged for or. Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here.
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. Here ive organised them in groups of fingering rather than keys. Learning all 15 natural minor scales on piano may initially seem like another daunting challenge, especially since you just finished conquering the major scales. Accordingly, we are going to finish this lesson with 5 more exercises so that you will know and be able to play all of the natural minor scales. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. So there are 7 scale degrees you can potentially modify these are each listed below. Click here to download the pdf with these exercises which scale. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all minor scales, starting from note c. 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. 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. The modes of the major scale play a fundamental role in jazz improvisation. Unlike the major scale, there are 3 types of minor scale. Print and download in pdf or midi piano major scales fingerings.
Learn the piano through the practice of piano scales home. You can play this sequence of steps beginning on any note, and youll have a natural minor scale. Understanding minor scales in this brief tutorial we are going to try to demystify minor scales. The western musical tradition that developed in europe after the middle ages is based on major and minor scales, but there are other scales that are a part of this tradition in the chromatic scale, every interval is a half step. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all harmonic minor scales, starting from note c.
You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. Here are some chords and scales as free midi files for you. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. The natural minor scale has the following scale formula. Heres a diagram of the melodic d minor scale on piano. Infographics for all major and minor keys, ready to print. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale.
Transpose all melodies 4 pages to all major or minor keys. Introducing minor scales lesson eight 101 practise exercises for minor scales we have learned that if you know the scale for each note you can work out and form the triad. She heard him drop a gear, heard the engine scream in protest and watched the narrowbodied, lithe to. Download this pdf with all the major scales and fingering for piano. If you would like to learn scales according to the order of difficulty, please refer to the graded syllabus. Learn how to form major and minor scales in all keys. A minor scale is any scale derived from the major scale but with a. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. They are the pure or natural minor scale, harmonic minor scale and the melodic minor scale. It is also the twelvetone scale used by twentiethcentury composers. Piano major scales fingerings for people that start to study piano and need a complete guide to scales. All minor scales all guitar scales tabs pdf all major scales piano pdf. 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. Make it your goal to be able to play minor scales in every key in music.
You may also remember the scale notes by roman numerals. The solution below shows the e minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. W h w w h w w a half step h is the distance between two adjacent keys on a piano keyboard, and. D minor scale, natural, harmonic and melodic piano. Remember that for the melodic minor scale, when descending, you play the natural minor scale. The solution below shows the e minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef the lesson steps then explain how to identify the e 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. Melodic minor scales are a variation on harmonic minor scales on piano. Only minor scales are melodic, and there is no such thing as a melodic major scale. Free trumpet scales pdf file this is an online free download of sheet music. In this case, the minor and major scales have the same number of tones. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie. When we are dealing strictly with major scales we really only have one scale to draw our notes and melodies from. Return from minor scales to piano lessons info homepage. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale.
Name each of these minor scales and say whether it is the melodic or harmonic type, and whether it is ascending or descending. Major scales and key signatures s o, now you can use the letters a through g to name notes on the treble and bass staff and accidentals to create major and minor seconds, aka, whole and half steps if you cant do this yet, stop here, go back to the previous chapters, and practice until you can. Learn how to form other types of scales in all keys. Of course, if you have only been playing harmonic minor in the previous grades, this may be a bit overwhelming you are required to learn all 12 melodic minor scales for grade 6, so it is always better to start learning them 12 grades earlier after you have mastered the harmonic minor scales, to avoid confusion. Go to the main piano scales page for major scales, pentatonic scales, scale modes and information about what makes up a scale. Natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales. The thesaurus is arranged in the form of piano scales and melodic studies. Printable piano music scales in all major and harmonic minor keys. The scale studies are broken down into intervals and the exercises contain three and fourpart chords, playing. In fact, it is highly likely that many songs include passages and chords that relate to the melodic minor more than they will to the natural minor, and with good reason. Root the root establishes the tonality of the scale c minor vs d minor, therefore you cannot change it. Join pianogroove pro to access all downloads and learning resources. The scales here are not arranged by order of difficulty, but rather in a chronological order. For those who want to learn or revise all the harmonic minor scales, all scale diagrams and videos are complied here.
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. 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. If you need staff paper, you may print the staff paper pdf file. You can printout the pdf below which is all major scale for practise at the piano. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano. You will be able to form minor scales in every key. However, we have 3 different types of minor scales when working in minor keys. Practice all scales over 2 octaves with a metronome. A diatonic scale is one particular scale which has a subset of 7 of the 12 notes, with the result being the major scale minor scales.
A free collection of printable piano scales with fingering. The scale that is created by playing all the notes in a minor key signature is a natural minor scale. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales in all keys. The lesson steps then explain how to identify the e 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. Piano major scales fingerings sheet music for piano. 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.
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