Download our piano scale finger charts for the major scale, harmonic minor scale and more. The 3 types of minor scales in music musicnotes now. Learn how to play piano chords, notes, scales, proper. Translating to sharp, when the note needs to be raised by one semitone.
Select landscape mode to get best results printing it out. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. Then notate its relative minor scale and its scale degrees. Every major and minor scale melodic and harmonic in both music notation and keyboard view. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. The three types of minor scales and how to form them.
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. Includes fingering annotation and typeset in latex, exported in pdf format. Melodic minor scales jyttes piano sheet collection. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano. For more background on these scales see learning pentatonic scales for guitar and piano scale fingering as well as my piano scale category. Nov 18, 2008 you can printout the pdf below which is all major scale for practise at the 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.
Label the scale degrees of the major pentatonic scales. Scales, arpeggios and cadences, two octaves margaret denton, piano major scales, arpeggios, and cadences, 2 octaves these scales are arranged pianistically by groups according to fingering patterns to facilitate memorization harmonic form of the minor scale is shown. Read download piano scales arpeggios pdf pdf download. These scales are often the first step that we take towards improvising. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales. Starting from any key on the piano you can play a scale. Here ive organised them in groups of fingering rather than keys. Minor scales sound different from major scales because they are based on a. My interactive pentatonic scales chart for piano shows fingering diagrams for both pentatonic major and pentatonic minor scales. W h w w h w w a half step h is the distance between two adjacent keys on a piano keyboard, and. There are both pentatonic major and minor the minor is slightly more often used. 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.
How to form major pentatonic scales on piano one way of forming the pentatonic is to use the following formula after picking the starting note of the scale. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free in. The audio examples play all 3 minor scales in turn the natural is 1st, then the harmonic and finally the melodic. Natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales. All scales are made with a specific pattern of whole steps tones and half steps semitones. Scales are the fundamentals of any piano learning course.
In this lesson, im going to use the three basic kinds of minor scales. Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. Before learning how to build these scales here is a reminder of tones and semitones. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. Look for the key function on the keyboard, titled voice. Melodic minor modes and altered scale the jazz piano site. How to harmonize minor scales with 7th chords learn jazz. Every piano scale and arpeggio that you will ever need. Its important to note that the harmonic and melodic minor are variations of the natural minor scale, and so understanding how to harmonize the natural minor scale with 7th chords is the place to start. The pentatonic scale is frequently used in lots of popular music styles.
Barbara murphy university of tennessee school of music major and minor scales half and whole steps. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all minor scales, starting from note c. A scale is a stepwise arrangement of notespitches contained within an octave. Free major and minor scales for piano sheet music dion moult. Harmonic minor scale fingerings pdf best piano tips. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. Scales include major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor varieties. You can make a major and a minor scale starting with any note on the piano. D minor pentatonic has the same notes as f major pentatonic and so. Major and minor pentatonic scales in the most used keys in both music notation and keyboard view. Meter, scales, and key signatures because the white keys running from c to the next c an octave higher form a sequence of notes that have minor 2nds only between ef the 3rd and 4th notes and bc the 7th and 8th notes, musicians call that series of notes a c major scale. To understand how to form music scales, you need to understand the concept of whole steps and half steps. Playing scales on piano has the added benefit of encouraging visual memory.
In these videos, i teach students about harmonic minor scales, using staff notation and piano examples. Piano major scales fingerings sheet music for piano. Download free piano sheet music for major, minor harmonic, and minor melodic scales for all keys. Among all the scales and arpeggios, major and minor ones are a good place to start. Print and download in pdf or midi harmonic minor scales flute gammes mineures harmoniques 1 octave. Harmonic minor scales flute lexcerpts sheet music for. Free printable pdf downloads with notes and fingerings for scales in every key. It occurs between neighbouring white and black notes, and between the neighbouring white keys. But in jazz, we play the true melodic minor scale both up and down, and call it the jazz melodic minor scale. Single octave natural minor scales with fingerings for piano. 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 a minor scale include exactly the same notes as the c major scale which makes them relative keys read. In this guide, we will cover piano scales in depth and cover all major scales, minor scales, tones, semitones, chromatic scales briefly.
The idea behind doing this was basically that i couldnt find any chord diagrams that werent either being charged for or. You need to understand something right away to be a piano or keyboard player. Major and minor scales contain seven notes or scale degrees. Piano major scales fingerings for people that start to study piano and need a complete guide to scales.
Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. The natural minor scale has the following scale formula. How to play piano chords playing a c chord turn on the keyboard by pressing the button titled power or onoff. You can printout the pdf below which is all major scale for practise at the piano. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free.
Alright, time to add scales to your technique training. Compare the picture of the circle of 5ths below with the face of a. The black keys on your piano are pentatonic and theyre in the key of g flat and its relative minor, e flat minor. Note that a minor pentatonic has identical notes with c major pentatonic but in different order. A scale is a series of notes pitches arranged from lowest to highest. Lets learn how to form a major scale on piano using a. The two scales you use most frequently when you play the piano and the most famous scales in western music are the major and the minor scales. Scales and arpeggios for guitar by mike georgia to keep things simple approach it like this. 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. The key difference between major and minor scaes is that notes on a major scale sound bright and cheerful, while notes on a minor scale sound solemn and sad.
A minor scales, arpeggio and tonic triad for grade 1 piano students pdf sheet music. The most common scales when playing the piano, are major and minor scales. The corresponding shapes are about two octaves long 4. This selection and arrangement of content as a collection is. Learning the major and minor scales for piano are one of the fundamental skills in a musicians education. These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students. Feel free to send these videos to parents for their kids to watch, use it in group lessons or as part of lab time. Chapter 6 major scales and key signatures 119 the circle of 5ths the circle of 5 ths is simply the twelve different notes on the piano keyboard seven white keys and.
The natural minor scale is the naturally occurring diatonic scale with no altered scale degrees or added accidentals. The scale in all keys can be downloaded as a pdffile. Like major scales, minor scales have eight notes, with the top and bottom tonic notes. In classical music, you play the true melodic minor scale ascending and the natural minor scale descending. Blues scales in the most used keys in both music notation and. The difference between these two scales is the pattern of whole and halfsteps that you use to build them. All minor scales illustrated with pictures including notes and fingerings. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. All 12 major scales share the same pattern of whole and half steps between the notes. The main scales of western music are major and minor scales. You can learn how to form other melodic and harmonic minor scales at our main piano music scales section. List of all natural minor scales piano music theory. Print and download in pdf or midi piano major scales fingerings.
In music, the term scale refers to a pattern of notes ordered by pitch. When you go up the scale, you are using the melodic minor scale, but when you go down the scale. Answers on page 7 a closer look at the major and minor pentatonic scales in the traditional ionian major and aeolian natural minor scales, there exists a tritone augmented 4 th diminished 5 th between the 4 th and 7 th. The most common types of scale are major scales, minor scales and the blues scale.
A minor scale a b c d e f g a ww e minor scale e f. Print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales. Remember, if youre looking at a major scale, lower scale degrees 3, 6, and 7 to get the minor scale. Once on the middle, count 4 keys to reach e the second note of the c chord. Every scale is explaned with its fingering, with the standar finghers numbering for right and left hand. Major scales keyboard fingerings cmajor c d e f g a b c rh 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Melodic minor scales the melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. Major and natural minor scales for piano with fingerings. The eight notes in a scale with the first and last notes an.
How to play and practice scales and arpeggios for pianists. Here are all the minor scales natural, harmonic and melodic for you to have a go at. This pack includes ten pages of scales with the following features. Do it for 5 minutes a day before you practice, every day. The pentatonics are fun 5 note scales that are essential to blues and country music. Minor scales are no less important or smaller in size than major scales. 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. From each key on the piano you can start either a major or a minor scale.
The first mode of the melodic minor scale isthe melodic minor scale. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. How to explain harmonic minor scales to piano students. The relative minor for a major key falls on the 6th tone of the major scale. Every scale determines a key,that is an harmonic combunation of tones based on that scale. Basically, each of the twelve notes in an octave c, csharp, d, dsharp, e, f, fsharp, g, gsharp, a, a sharp, and b can be the beginning of a scale, and the scale is named by the beginning note. The pentatonic scale, major and minor free piano lessons. I have added piano fingering marks for the right hand to the sheet music to help you. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie.