"Learning Piano Scales Used To Be
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It's true that the idea of learning and practicing piano scales (the traditional way) can be reason enough for some folks to avoid making the trip to this week's piano lesson altogether. I remember my teenage years. Boy do I ever...
I remember how I felt when it came time to pull out that scale book on a Friday night in hasty preparation for Saturday's lesson. Never did television seem like a better idea...
Often, that scale book never made it to the music stand.
Scales... yuck.
Fortunately, my piano teacher made up for it by keeping me interested in other creative ways.
Throughout the decades, the concept of teaching and learning scales has missed the boat when it comes to maintaining interest in one's piano learning experience. But, truthfully, there's no legitimate reason for it to be that way.
What people too often overlook are the actual benefits that understanding and playing scales can provide. At the same time, you don't need to endure tedious piano exercises to excel at playing. Here, you're going to approach piano scales with a new twist, so don't fret!
We'll look at piano scales one by one from a perspective that every second we spend learning about them will add to the fun you have with that piano or keyboard. Here's a new mind set to adopt: learning and playing scales on the piano can be rather exciting.We'll take a look at how to construct a simple Major Scale - and then we'll take a rather interesting approach with it. We'll also have some fun taking a peek at a Minor Scale as well. Actually, there are quite a few variations of this one. Variation is a good thing!
When you become familiar with the diminished scale, a whole window of opportunity unfolds. You'll soon see what I'm talking about.
Since playing the Blues is explored in depth on this site, the Blues Scale is a most interesting one we'll need to not only take a close look at, but have a party with! We'll play make simple use of it, as we do here and take things further as we progress.
Oh my gosh, the infamous Pentatonic Scale. We won't overlook good ole Pentatonic! If you've never played this one, once you do, wow... your musical ears will experience a wake up call. And just wait until we combine it with the blues scale for some really nifty piano improvisation (yes, you'll be able to do it!).
If you are a jazz enthusiast (or aspire to be), your investigation of the Bebop Scale is a must. Once you become comfortable playing this one, you'll quickly attain a feeling of confidence when it comes to playing some very cool jazz improvisational lines.
Oh, and we must not forget to dive into our Diatonic scales. All I can say is: will this be an eye-opener for you. I'm actually quite anxious to start exploring this system with you.
You have yet to see how getting familiar with these scales just a little bit at a time is like finding one piece of a puzzle at a time. The bigger picture comes more in focus as you fill in the missing pieces.
What fun you're in for! For now, whenever you think of piano scales, know that the old fashioned way of suffering through them is by no means what we'll be doing as we proceed on our journey together!
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