Select landscape mode to get best results printing it out. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all minor scales, starting from note c. List of all natural minor scales there are 12 natural minor scales. Perhaps you also notice that it is a sort of merging between the natural minor and harmonic minor regarding their relative major scales.
Major scale fingerings harmonic minor scale fingerings pdf thanks. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. The natural minor scale is easy to compare with the major scale when using scale degrees. To learn how to play other piano scales, such as major, minor,chromatic and pentatonic scales, visit our main piano scales page. Download free printable sheet music for the scale with fingering in pdf format. Print and download in pdf or midi piano major scales fingerings. You can printout the pdf below which is all major scale for practise at the piano. Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. Printable piano music scales in all major and harmonic minor keys. Printable piano music scales for beginners online piano coach.
In classical music, you play the true melodic minor scale ascending and the natural minor scale descending. Minor scales sound different from major scales because they are based on a. Here they are, printable with fingering and study guide. Download free piano sheet music for major, minor harmonic, and minor melodic scales for all keys. Melodic minor modes and altered scale the jazz piano site. List of all natural minor scales piano music theory. Note that a minor pentatonic has identical notes with c major pentatonic but in different order. Of the three types of minor scales, the natural minor is the easiest to understand. Piano fingering chart washington state music teachers association. Print and learn piano music scales with fingering in all major and minor keys. Before learning how to build these scales here is a reminder of tones and semitones. In harmonic minor scales, the seventh scale degree note is raised by just a half step. Heres a diagram of the melodic c minor scale on piano. Scales are the fundamentals of any piano learning course.
For example, the relative minor of c is a minor, and the notes which form c major pentatonic and a minor pentatonic are the same. The pentatonic scale, major and minor free piano lessons. The difference between these two scales is the pattern of. Print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales. Barbara murphy university of tennessee school of music major and minor scales half and whole steps. Every scale determines a key,that is an harmonic combunation of tones based on that scale.
However when ascending the 6th and 7th tones are raised half a step. My interactive pentatonic scales chart for piano shows fingering diagrams for both pentatonic major and pentatonic minor scales. The scale in all keys can be downloaded as a pdffile. Jan 10, 2016 here are your downloadable pdfs for major and harmonic minor scales. Unlike major and minor scales, the pentatonic has no semitones.
Here are your downloadable pdf s for major and harmonic minor scales. Major and natural minor scales are the building blocks of learning to play the piano. The pentatonics are fun 5 note scales that are essential to blues and country music. The pentatonic scale pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five.
Free printable pdf downloads with notes and fingerings for scales in every key. Harmonic minor scale and chords, natural and melodic minor. As students by now should be familiar with most scales and arpeggios learnt in the last four grades, only new scales will be featured here. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie. Building piano scales major, minor, etc in all keys. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free. Next in our lesson on piano scales we take a look at the melodic minor scale. For a scale to be in the natural minor, scale degrees 3, 6, and 7 will all be played at a semitone lower than they would be in the major scale. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6th and 7th scale degree ascending, revert to natural minor descending. Remember that for the melodic minor scale, when descending, you play the natural minor scale. Here ive organised them in groups of fingering rather than keys.
Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. Major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, pentatonic major, pentatonic minor, pentatonic blues, pentatonic read more. The circle of fifths is a very useful diagram which shows us what keys are most closely related to each other. 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 for people that start to study piano and need a complete guide to scales. They provide a pool of notes for you to choose from when improvising and set the foundations for further modal scale. D minor pentatonic has the same notes as f major pentatonic and so.
C major scale g major scale d major scale a major scale e major scale b major scale f major scale bb major scale eb major scale ab major scale db major scale gb major scale. All minor scales illustrated with pictures including notes and fingerings. You need to understand something right away to be a piano or keyboard player. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free in pdf. I am looking for volunteers to translate this book into any language. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the. Welcome to this lesson on strategies to learn scales the easy way. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. We offer a collection of free printable piano scale sheets in pdf format. May 31, 2016 there are a total of 12 major scales and 12 minor natural scales in music. Even more advanced piano students can get into the lesserknown scales. You can learn how to form other melodic and harmonic minor scales at our main piano music scales section.
There are both pentatonic major and minor the minor is slightly more often used. By far, the standard book of technique exercises is hanon the virtuoso pianist. The descending form of a melodic minor scale involves lowering the sixth and seventh scale degrees a half step to their original pitches i. Minor scales are no less important or smaller in size than major scales. For example, c major bebop scale includes the same notes as in both a natural minor and a harmonic minor. In this guide, we will cover piano scales in depth and cover all major scales, minor scales, tones, semitones, chromatic scales briefly.
The first mode of the melodic minor scale isthe melodic minor scale. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. In addition, you should of course practice scales with your left hand, but in that case, you use some other fingerings. The minor pentatonic scale consists of the same 5 notes of the major pentatonic. The only difference is that the tonic first note of the scale of the minor pentatonic is 3 semitones half steps below the tonic of. Free major and minor scales for piano sheet music dion moult. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students. Single octave natural minor scales with fingerings for piano. This minor scale also begins on the 6th degree of the relative major scale. Learn how to play piano chords, notes, scales, proper finger.
The main scales of western music are major and minor scales. Piano street subject digital piano score scales in all major keys. I know the beginning of the video is a little dry, but its important. Major scales and key signatures s o, now you can use the letters a through g to name notes on the treble and bass staff and accidentals to create major and minor seconds, aka, whole and half steps if you cant do this yet, stop here, go back to the previous chapters, and practice until you can. Every scale is explaned with its fingering, with the standar finghers numbering for right and left hand. Playing scales on piano has the added benefit of encouraging visual memory. The pentatonic scale is frequently used in lots of popular music styles. If you dont want notes, here are picture scales with all the major scales plus fingering for each hand. Go from piano blues scales to piano lessons piano keyboard home page.
Public domain the scales are broken down into 6 groups. The two scales you use most frequently when you play the piano and the most famous scales in western music are the major and the minor scales. For grade 5, students will be tested all major and minor scales and arpeggios. The major and minor scales are an essential step in learning jazz piano.
There are other types of scales that advanced piano students may wish to study, including harmonic and melodic. You can make a major and a minor scale starting with any note on the piano. The most common types of scale are major scales, minor scales and the blues scale. Harmonic minor scale fingerings pdf best piano tips. Piano scales exercises practice scales with both hands. Like major scales, minor scales have eight notes, with the top and bottom tonic notes. Jan 17, 2017 the best way to practice all major scales is by using the circle of fifths. Examples of heptatonic scales are the major scale and the minor 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.
Nov 18, 2008 you can printout the pdf below which is all major scale for practise at the piano. Beginner piano scales will introduce you to the triad chords of that minor scale, and help you practice rhythm in 68 time. For a compilation of all scales and arpeggios, click on the links below all major scales all minor scales. 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. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. Piano scales 12 major keys with standard fingering author. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. My number one recommendation on this site for learning how to play the piano is piano for all. In this video lesson well be going over how to learn and drill in scales in the fastest way possible. Piano major scales fingerings sheet music for piano. How many musical scales are there the complete guide.
The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. It ascends or descends for one octave using the major scale s key signature. I have purchased the lightning fast piano scales book on my kindle. If you need staff paper, you may print the staff paper12 pdf file. All the scales here are in one octave, but you can of course practice each piano scale in as many octaves and in any tempo you like. Melodic minor scales jyttes piano sheet collection. Here are pictures and notes of the major bebop scale. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. This type of scale has five notes per octave unlike a heptatonic scale which has seven notes. Includes fingering annotation and typeset in latex, exported in pdf format. Download our piano scale finger charts for the major scale, harmonic minor scale and more.
After i give you the fundamentals, ill give you a continue reading scales made easy psh. But in jazz, we play the true melodic minor scale both up and down, and call it the jazz melodic minor scale. Jazz piano basics practice guide pdf practice plans. Learn the melodic minor scale for piano in every key. Major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale.