So far we only worked with the natural minor scale. (Playing it) It’s called natural because it doesn’t contain any altered tones. Those are tones that don’t belong in the scale. Besides the natural minor we have Harmonic Minor and Melodic minor. On this lesson we’re going to focus on the Harmonic Minor. (Playing it)
Ok, today’s topic of the Piano Course will be scale degrees. Scale degrees refer to the positions of individual notes within a musical scale. They are usually represented by roman numerals to indicate their relationship to the tonic, which is the starting note of the scale. So let’s see how that looks like in the
Now is the time for you to demonstrate your proficiency with intervals . Like I mentioned, i’m going to put your skills to the test and see how well you’re doing in the piano course. So here’s how it goes. I’m going to play different intervals for you from different tones and after I play
Interval is the crucial building block in music because every melody, every chord and every harmony is constructed of it. You can’t learn about chords if you don’t understand the intervals completely. An Interval refers to the distance of the pitch between two notes. How do we measure an interval? By the number of
In the previous lesson I gave you a homework assignment to find the relative minor scales of all the major scales and to write the spellings of the tones of each scale. So here are your answers, you can also download this image below the video. Make sure to check yourself of any errors
Every Minor scale is a part of some Major scale that shares the same black&white keys with it. In order to find the Minor scale of any Major scale we take the first tone of that Major scale and we count two scale tones down. For example, let’s find the parallel minor scale of F
Now we’re going to begin with the next test of naming the black keys as flats. Good luck.
Now we’re going to begin with the test of naming the tones. Good luck.
Now that we’ve learned the names of the tones it’s time for you to test yourself how quickly you know them. I will give you an exercise for this to practice for a while. Here’s how it goes, don’t look at the keyboard and with one of your fingers play any tone. Then look at