Piano Basics
5. Arpeggios and Chords
Together with scales, arpeggios can greatly enhance your playing. They are the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th note of every scale. Chords are a condensed arpeggio
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4. How to Tell the Key of a Piece
Here are three ways we can distinguish between major and minor keys and tell the key of a piece; the sound, accidentals, last note in the bass.
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3. Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales
Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales. The other most common scale is the minor scale, which has the interval pattern T-S-T-T-S-T-T.
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2. Major Scales – One and Two Octaves
A scale is a sequence of notes that act as the building blocks for a piece of music. The first scales everyone encounters when learning music major scales
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1. Numbering Our Fingers
Pianos have 88 keys. We have 10 fingers. It can get confusing very fast! To help us out, we often add small numbers to our music. These numbers range from 1-5