12 minor scales piano pdf file

Piano major scales fingerings for people that start to study piano and need a complete guide to scales. Gordon has created 20 grooves in this book containing over 150 patterns in total, using notes solely from the blues scale. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all minor scales, starting from note c. Minor pentatonic exercises bass clef this handout contains exercises and pattens to help you use the minor pentatonic scale in your solos. Every scale is explaned with its fingering, with the standar finghers numbering for right and left hand. The idea behind doing this was basically that i couldnt find any chord diagrams that werent either being charged for or. If you hear someone mention that a piano sonata by the composer and pianist franz schubert is played in a major, it means that it depends on the a scale. You can printout the pdf below which is all major scale for practise at the piano. Free printable pdf downloads with notes and fingerings for scales in every key. 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. Free major and minor arpeggios for piano sheet music dion moult. You can learn how to form other melodic and harmonic minor scales at our main piano music scales section.

The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. Tw o ro a d s the most common minor scale, the natural minor scale, follows the pattern of half steps and whole steps formed by the white piano keys from a up to. Here ive organised them in groups of fingering rather than keys. If you are wishing to order the pdf mp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only.

Minor pentatonic exercises treble clef this handout contains exercises and patterns to help you use the minor pentatonic scale in your solos. 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. Piano major scales fingerings sheet music for piano. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free in pdf or midi print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale.

Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. The a minor scale include exactly the same notes as the c major scale which makes them relative. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. The a minor scale include exactly the same notes as the c major scale which makes them relative keys read more about this further down the page. Arpeggios are usually the next set of scales that are taught together with major and minor scales. Hanonle pianiste virtuosepart ii, scales and arpeggios 12. The diatonic piano exercise and more this exercise will give you the confidence to play more comfortably in all 12 keys congrats to caleb hensinger on winning the p. This is the only major scale that consists solely of white keys. These are harmonic minor scales in one full octave in all 12 keys. Ive already taught using a brilliant scale teaching aid from natalie wickham. List of all natural minor scales there are 12 natural minor scales. These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students.

In the melodic minor scale, the sixth and seventh notes of the. The main scales of western music are major and minor scales. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie. This scale can sometimes confuse people because it is in a way identical to the major scale. One octave major and minor scales oboe boltz bands concert c major 7 concert a minor. Playing scales on piano has the added benefit of encouraging visual memory.

Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. The scale in all keys can be downloaded as a pdffile. One octave major and minor scales oboe johnson creek. Download our piano scale finger charts for the major scale, harmonic minor scale and more. Printable piano music scales for beginners online piano coach. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. 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. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. Below you can find a selection of downloadable pdf files containing the most common chords and voicings in all 12 keys. We can simplify and summarize all 12 whole tone scales to just 2 scale types. All 12 major scales share the same pattern of whole and half steps between the notes. After the major and minor scales, we have charted the pentatonic scale and examine at its usage as well as the chromatic scale which contains all 12 notes and how you can apply it.

List of all natural minor scales piano music theory. One octave major and minor scales trumpet in bb boltz bands concert c major d major 7 concert a minor b minor concert f major g major 19 concert d minor e minor 25 concert bb major c major 31 concert g minor a minor 37 concert eb major f major 43 v. Just like with the idea of parallel major and minor scales, you can choose to write solely within one scale say, d dorian, or you can borrow a chord from a. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. If you need staff paper, you may print the staff paper12 pdf file. A beginner guide to modes here are a few charts to help break down modes, including scale patterns, chord patterns, and the characteristic colour note chord within each scale. 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 e flat major scale consists of the pitches eb, f, g, ab, bb, c, and d. Below you can find a selection of downloadable pdf resources covering chords, scales, jazzy chord progressions and links to useful books and applications. If youre using your laptop in the studio, just resize one of the diagrams so that the scale youre teaching fills the the screen, then put the laptop on top of the piano. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales.

Try these scales below and you will hear the blues. Improve your technique with this tutorial where you will learn how to play all 12 major scales with the correct fingerings. 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. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. The full octave scale has 8 notes going up and going down. Free piano exercise 1octave harmonic minor scales in 12 keys.

Harmonic minor scale and chords, natural and melodic minor. But the most important thing is of course how it sounds when you are using it. These scales are for obvious reasons perfect when playing blues on the piano. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all melodic minor scales, starting from note c. Please scroll down the page for the download links. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. Adding a blue note to the regular pentatonic scale gives the pentatonic blues scale. Hanonle pianiste virtuosepart ii, scales and arpeggios. Print and download in pdf or midi piano major scales fingerings.