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Find Free Piano Music Scales Here

by Tania Gleaves on January 2, 2012

Free piano music scales are combinations of ascending and descending musical notes which are grouped together depending on their pitch class and measure of musical distance. It is a bit much to understand right? There are actually forty seven different piano music scales to be learned. Some are more complex than the others but don’t worry, you don’t have to learn all of them in order to play the piano.

You don’t have to study all of the scales right away but you can always start with the basics, which is, to understand what the keys on your piano stand for and learning how to master your fingering techniques.

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The black keys on your piano represent half steps of the musical tune while the white keys stand for whole steps of the musical tune. The only exemption to this rule is the B to C and the E to F white keys because they are only considered half steps. The reason for this is that there are no black keys in between them.

Before learning the basic music scales of the piano, you must keep in mind and understand the notes that belong to a particular major and minor scale, know all of the key signatures, both sharps and flats, of every particular scale, and finally, familiarize the I, IV, and V notes of each piano music scale. When you have every requirement set, you are ready to learn and to practice the free piano music scales, both Major and Minor, we have provided for you.

Here are The Major Scales:

C Major Scale: C D E F G A B
D Major Scale: D E F# G A B C#
E Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D#
F Major Scale: F G A Bb C D E
G Major Scale: G A B C D E F#
A Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G#
B Major Scale: B C# D# E F# G# A#
C# Major Scale: C# D# E# F# G# A# B#
Eb Major Scale: Eb F G Ab Bb C D
F# Major Scale: F# G# A# B C# D# E#
Ab Major Scale: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G
Bb Major Scale: Bb C D Eb F G A

Here are The Natural Minor Scales:

C Minor Scale: C D Eb F G Ab Bb C
D Minor Scale: D E F G A Bb C D
E Minor Scale: E F# G A B C D E
F Minor Scale: F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F
G Minor Scale: G A Bb C D Eb F G
A Minor Scale: A B C D E F G A
B Minor Scale: B C# D E F# G A B
C# Minor Scale: C# D# E F# G# A B C#
Eb Minor Scale: Eb F Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb
F# Minor Scale: F# G# A B C# D E F#
G# Minor Scale: G# A# B C# D# E F# G#
Bb Minor Scale: Bb C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb

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Using Key Signature Chart As Your Guide

by Tania Gleaves on December 31, 2011

It is easier to understand musical key signatures when you know how to use the key signature chart. The chart is actually a collection of all the key signatures used in music sheets. There is a wide variety of charts available that illustrates musical key signatures but they all have the same function. They only differ in appearance. All you have to do is choose which one is the most applicable for your piano lessons.

We have learned that key signatures are the collection of sharps and flats used in every music sheet which usually appears in between the clef and the time signature. Therefore, the key signature chart shows us all of the different possible collection of sharps and flats with regards to the major and minor key. The only time these sharps and flats are not played is when a natural symbol appears before the note that falls on the line or space these sharps and flats are embedded on.

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Unlike accidentals, which are the sharps and flats placed before a note, key signatures indicate all of the major and minor key to be played in flats and sharps throughout the music sheet. This means that a B-flat in a key signature implicates that all B’s should be played in a lowered pitch, without having to add any accidentals in every B-flat chord key.

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Look at the key signature chart below, you will notice that only C major and (am) a minor are the only keys that do not have any sharps or flats in their key signature. All other major and minor keys have flats and sharps in their key signatures. Major keys appear on the treble clef and their relative minor keys appear on the bass clef. Both of these major and minor keys interrelate with one another in the key signature chart.

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Another way of illustrating the key signature chart is through the popular “Circle of the Fifths.” You will see the relationship of every major and minor keys here and it is often easier to memorize which sharp major and minor keys interrelate with other flat major and minor keys.

circle of fifths Using Key Signature Chart As Your Guide

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Musical Key Signature – The Major And Minor Keys

December 18, 2011

We have had lessons about musical key signature and by now you already know the differences between each key signature. You have also learned the different techniques on how to easily memorize the different names and different characteristics of these music key signatures. This time we will teach you how to determine the different major [...]

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