Piano Scales Made Easy

Mel Bay Publications
Level : Beginning


Scales are easy and fun when you play them in many different ways including canon, triplet, split, contrary direction and various other ways you may not have tried before. Five finger scales are presented in an unusual format classified by how many black notes are in them. Then the ten easiest scales using the same fingerings are presented.

Eventually, all the scales are presented in four octaves in all keys. This is a great way to learn and remember scales.


Contents:

• Five-Finger Scales
• Learn the C Scale First (Three Ways)
• Nine Other Scales Using the C Scale Fingering
• New Right-Hand Fingering, Same Left-Hand Fingering
• New Left-Hand Fingering
• Four More Ways to Play the C Scale
• C Scale with R.H. Triplets
• Four Octaves in the Right Hand
• The Easiest Scale
• The Major and Harmonic Minor Scales
• The Melodic Minor Scales
• Special Scales
• Diminished Scales
• Blues Scales
• The Chromatic Scale
• Chromatic Scales
• Arpeggios
• Arpeggios in Dominant Seventh Chords