The EASIEST Way To Memorize Every Major Scale On Piano

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  • It's really important that we can easily picture major scale on piano with really thinking about it to avoid going off course and using the wrong notes when we're actually playing music. Truly memorizing a scale is more than just learning to play it up and down!
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    0:00 What we're doing
    0:46 The Major Scale Pattern In 2 Simple Blocks
    3:00 The Major Scale Pattern In Steps
    3:50 Repeating The Blocks In 2 (or more) Octaves
    4:00 Finding Whole Steps
    5:03 Finding Major Scales Quickly Using 2 Blocks Of Notes
    8:05 Why Use Blocks? Blocks VS Steps
    10:45 More Examples Finding Major Scales
    11:33 How To Practice
    12:56 Interval Names
    #beginnerpiano #majorscales #pianoscales

КОМЕНТАРІ • 77

  • @PianoFromScratch
    @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +6

    Check out the in depth scales & Chords guides here pianofs.com/downloads/
    🔽Below is a list of the other helpful major scales videos mentioned 🔽
    All the major scale fingerings
    ua-cam.com/video/bm9fgq9COgI/v-deo.html
    Learn the chords we find inside a major scale
    ua-cam.com/video/m1wiXZ7Zn28/v-deo.html Chords in a key
    Learn major scales in this useful order & pattern
    ua-cam.com/video/yTr-RFBekuY/v-deo.html
    These mistakes make playing scales feel difficult
    ua-cam.com/video/rAKnMUKlpSs/v-deo.html

    • @sinaahengombe3477
      @sinaahengombe3477 5 місяців тому

      A1

    • @timothyirwin8974
      @timothyirwin8974 3 місяці тому

      Bought them 2 moths back and have practiced them daily almost. Going over this video and the lessons makes more sense for me now.

  • @craigcohen5378
    @craigcohen5378 7 днів тому

    I've been a guitar player for 30+ years and have been trying to really learn piano and this video was invaluable in helping me visualize scales in a way that I hadn't before. Thank you!

  • @chrisw685
    @chrisw685 18 днів тому

    This deserves way more likes! So many things just clicked in my head seeing this. Especially when you said any letter isn't repeated, it's either a flat or sharp depending. Obvious now lol. Thanks man.

  • @LogioTek
    @LogioTek 5 місяців тому +15

    Great lesson! Visual learning way is always better because your brain is designed to interpret a lot of information at once in the image and memorize/recall patterns.

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +6

      I think it really helps with piano in general. Theory is really important but on piano we still need to quickly find the notes we need and become familiar with patterns on the instrument itself. Linking theory with the visual side has always worked best for me and made theory more practically useful.

  • @amarie693
    @amarie693 5 місяців тому +6

    I’ve watched lots of piano lesson videos. This is the first I’ve seen about learning shapes, very helpful!
    Thank you!

  • @deltacomatso173
    @deltacomatso173 Місяць тому +1

    I just play scales one at the time, it doesnt take long before you have memorized all 12. C, C#, D, ........and so on. It is really fun. And you must use correct fingering from start, just look at a fingering sheet, right hand and left hand. Chromatic scale with correct fingering is also fun and useful.

  • @nathalieheath5693
    @nathalieheath5693 5 місяців тому +4

    Spot on! I discovered this while working through the majors slowly through using the pattern. Since I discovered this, it’s been so much easier!!

  • @drparin
    @drparin 2 місяці тому

    Really great lesson. Thanks.

  • @gis3326
    @gis3326 5 місяців тому +1

    Excellent explanation. Thank you!

  • @eprand3
    @eprand3 5 місяців тому +1

    This is excellent! Thank you so much.

  • @charlesrose7212
    @charlesrose7212 3 місяці тому +1

    Great lesson again! 😊

  • @palvalheim6417
    @palvalheim6417 5 місяців тому

    Interesting! Can’t wait to try the practice routine you suggested 😊

  • @brianwest9831
    @brianwest9831 5 місяців тому

    Good lesson thanks easy to follow and explained well

  • @emmaA-
    @emmaA- 5 місяців тому

    Interesting! Thanks for the video 🌟

  • @lospopularos
    @lospopularos 3 місяці тому

    Nice idea. I’d never thought of this before. Thank you.

  • @chicagopete3516
    @chicagopete3516 5 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic explanation! Thanks!

  • @juniesdream
    @juniesdream 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks so much for this one, you don't know how excited I am to practice this. I went and bought the PDF bundle for it as well. Cheers man.

  • @akmt123
    @akmt123 5 місяців тому

    Excellent, cheers from Canada.

  • @MinusMedley
    @MinusMedley 4 місяці тому

    Brilliant, simplified a lot of theory for me too.

  • @mamphoagnes7418
    @mamphoagnes7418 5 місяців тому

    This will help me a lot thank you so much 😊

  • @JamsODonnell100
    @JamsODonnell100 5 місяців тому

    Eye opening (literally) ! 👁️
    Loved the ‘chunking up’ approach.
    Like for too long I’ve been using the step by step approach, based on a knowledge of key signatures and determining what notes are ‘allowed’ based on that, and always starting from the tonic. Thus usually ending up on relying on written notation-
    Any interpretation of the sheet music being hesitant and confused…,
    this is such an alternative way of ‘looking’ at scales. Much more holistic.
    So clever to break the scale into two parts. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before 🤔
    Really helpful (insightful), thanks very much. ✅
    *Looking* forward to using it…🎶

  • @lyravisionmusic
    @lyravisionmusic 5 місяців тому

    Bloody brilliant exposition of shapes mate. Shapes are the key to mastering dynamic musical expression and emotional storytelling.

  • @thomascordery7951
    @thomascordery7951 4 місяці тому

    So valuable for us visual learners! Not just us I'm sure; just that I'm recognizing how great this concept is for those of us "afflicted" with that learning style.

  • @St.Pa-al
    @St.Pa-al 5 місяців тому

    This is great Max & i can't thank you enough on chord inversion shapes.

  • @user-oo4sr1nf9q
    @user-oo4sr1nf9q 5 місяців тому

    Thank you this is the best

  • @amaizenblue2266
    @amaizenblue2266 5 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely fantastic presentation. You are to be commented on your use of colorful teaching aids to solidify the salient points beyond the necessary, albeit abstract, intervalic formula. Great job !

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! I try to get things across as clearly as I can 👍

  • @markjulie2072
    @markjulie2072 4 місяці тому

    I have just started learning piano (2 weeks - whooo! - lol) Your teaching method is perfect. Visual patterns are really helpful to "see music" and not just hear a load of numbers or letters. You have a new subscriber in me. Thank you so much. Mark :o)

  • @leavesfromthevine4465
    @leavesfromthevine4465 4 місяці тому +1

    You should really group according to hand turns(where you need to pass thumb down or rotate wrist and jump). After a few sessions and the muscle memory kicks in, your brain won't need to visualise major/minor pattern. But grouping and phrasing according to natural hand position will be invaluable to breaking long melodic lines in all your practice-eternity. That is luckily very similar with what is grouped here but it breakes for example in f major where the b flat should be grouped with the f-g-a before it.

  • @lilyle9714
    @lilyle9714 3 місяці тому

    Omg this IS THE right way to memorize scales. It just turns that chaos into complete order!

  • @emmanuelkimutai6717
    @emmanuelkimutai6717 5 місяців тому

    I love this kudos

  • @vincentgoosse4570
    @vincentgoosse4570 Місяць тому

    Briliant. No other words

  • @renan_delon
    @renan_delon 5 місяців тому +2

    You're so damn right, how I could not see this? now I feel stupid, but thanks!

  • @norakat
    @norakat 4 місяці тому

    You’re a genius!

  • @pc2nite
    @pc2nite 5 місяців тому +1

    Very good idea, thank you. These 3 and 4 note patterns are also fragments of the scale called the whole tone or augmented one. There are only two sets of 6 notes. Maybe learning both could help getting used to whole tones which is a large part of the pattern.

  • @manu-singh
    @manu-singh 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi sir, Please try to upload more regularly, I love learning from your videos

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! I will try, it's been christmas holidays here recently but back on it now!

  • @RaciouS91
    @RaciouS91 10 днів тому

    Thanks. 3 whole steps : 4 whole steps in between half step

  • @rabmacleod6331
    @rabmacleod6331 5 місяців тому +1

    Super help! Thank you could you do the blues and pent ?

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +1

      Consider it done 😉
      ua-cam.com/video/Vj-BOmKgdE4/v-deo.html

  • @mojsterr
    @mojsterr 5 місяців тому

    Damn I love your channel

  • @andrehines
    @andrehines Місяць тому

    love this idea. What exactly are those circles called and where can we find them to purchase? thanks much

  • @norakat
    @norakat 4 місяці тому

    I think what’s challenging is knowing the 3rd/5th/7ths/9ths etc. in a changing chord progression and knowing exactly where they are for each chord as a song is played.
    Since you asked..

  • @andream6533
    @andream6533 5 місяців тому

    This is great! Thank you for showing us how to visualize the major scales. I know I will find it helpful in my learning journey!

  • @donbaker4073
    @donbaker4073 Місяць тому

    When looking at the other scales, Minor, Blues, Pentatonic, etc., do you still use the 3 block & 4 block method? Or do the number of notes in a block change?

  • @user-pl4nk2sb9f
    @user-pl4nk2sb9f 4 місяці тому

    I like the technique at 12:44.
    But if it's about learning the scale in steps, shouldn't it be a half step at the 4th key then as well?

  • @maroshinduliak6778
    @maroshinduliak6778 5 місяців тому

    Hi there!! amazing video! Can you please do this for minor scale as well? also can we apply relative minor to major scale?

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +1

      I have an older video series on minor scales already you can check out covering all that. I may do an ‘all in one’ video at some point though 👍

  • @louiscornale5667
    @louiscornale5667 2 місяці тому +1

    Great for wooly bully watch it now 😮

  • @lospopularos
    @lospopularos 3 місяці тому

    The most challenging for me is being able to play all the inversions of complex jazz chords fast enough without having to think.

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  3 місяці тому

      Yes more complex chords can be tougher. With jazz voicings though that include extensions (9ths 11ths or 13ths), in practice you likely won’t end up using every inversion like you would with basic chords. Practice time for those better spent on the particular voicings you will find useful.

    • @lospopularos
      @lospopularos 3 місяці тому

      @@PianoFromScratch Thank you.

  • @akmt123
    @akmt123 5 місяців тому

    Though I play the guitar with the L hand and also the Keyboard with the L hand too as just cannot use my R hand!!!
    Why is this, and, how can I get out of this dilemma as playing Chords on the Keyboard is no problem at all with my L hand and my R hand is too weak to play the Melody!

    • @oldunclemick
      @oldunclemick 5 місяців тому +1

      I had a similar problem with my left hand. Repetition and giving extra practice to the weak hand (as in spending twice as much time working on it) is the only thing that has helped me.

    • @akmt123
      @akmt123 5 місяців тому +1

      @@oldunclemick Thanks....will try it seriously now....

  • @Practicalmusicministryskil4906
    @Practicalmusicministryskil4906 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for this video! I share a free bite by bite “learn to read music” program on my UA-cam channel in the hopes of making music literacy accessible to all!

  • @gazza363
    @gazza363 3 місяці тому

    4 plus 3 a major chord for me.... 3 plus 4 a minor on the floor.

  • @molotulo8808
    @molotulo8808 Місяць тому

    Tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone! Major scale

  • @portraitofalion
    @portraitofalion 5 місяців тому

    All ideas are welcome becasue keys are weird.

  • @raymarch3576
    @raymarch3576 5 місяців тому

    what I don't get is why we don't just arrange the keys differently to make all those patterns more regular. Looking at everything through the lens of this particular scale by building it into the placement of white and black keys seems like an additional burden with no benefits. Or maybe I just don't see the benefits of seeing everything from a "c major"ish perspective.
    Bass players seem to just get so much faster through all of this because they have regular all-fourths tuning. I feel like I'm wasting my time deciphering obfuscating patterns rather than useful aspects of notes and music.
    Its like the QUERTY keyboard, but for musicians.
    Idk if anyone will read this, but my question to experienced musicians would be: If you could rewrite history and design the key-instrument that future generations have to use (and that gets hardcoded into all music software and notation), would you build it again with this particular layout?

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому

      It’s a good question but unfortunately I can’t imagine another layout that would work any better. If all 12 notes were in a straight line of keys (like the white keys) that would solve 1 issue but then the keys would become so spread out the piano would become unplayable.
      Hang in there, you’re not wasting time, there’s a point where the common shapes and patterns you need like chords and scales become familiar enough to navigate them confidently. They become part of your everyday vocabulary but it just does take some time and experience with the help of a little focused practice 👍

    • @michaelfisher6817
      @michaelfisher6817 5 місяців тому

      Easy to visualize. Will look at other videos.😊

    • @pc2nite
      @pc2nite 5 місяців тому +1

      Check out the chromatic button accordion and Linnstrument.

    • @raymarch3576
      @raymarch3576 5 місяців тому

      @@pc2nite yeah I'm almost at the point where I'm ordering a Linnstrument. it looks amazing

    • @pc2nite
      @pc2nite 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@raymarch3576Search for balanced opinions first. I am not experienced. Despite many attempts to replace it the piano abides. Some of what you now see as disadvantages may prove their worth. Good luck and sweet music.

  • @victorchen3245
    @victorchen3245 5 місяців тому +1

    The easiest way to “visualize”, not really “memorize”. Thanks for sharing though.

    • @PianoFromScratch
      @PianoFromScratch  5 місяців тому +3

      Well I think they’re linked, by memorising a pattern to find all the scales, that in turn helps you memorise the scales themselves.
      When we have 12 keys to learn every type of chord and scale in, it’s really important to learn how to build each type as opposed to just to just learning/reciting every single one individually, it’s more like a ‘teach a man to fish’ kind of deal. 👍