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 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ6cl5qnbqiCnas Learn the chords we find inside a major scale kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2LamouQbL-haJo Chords in a key Learn major scales in this useful order & pattern kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4XVXoV8d8qeq7s These mistakes make playing scales feel difficult kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHKun4CLgNGjidU
@sinaahengombe34777 ай бұрын
A1
@timothyirwin89745 ай бұрын
Bought them 2 moths back and have practiced them daily almost. Going over this video and the lessons makes more sense for me now.
@muttstudios973112 күн бұрын
The whole block counting thing has literally unlocked my understanding of major keys. Thank you so freaking much for that simple and super effective way of breaking it down.
@PianoFromScratch7 күн бұрын
Great to hear!
@LogioTek8 ай бұрын
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.
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
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.
@exp-io85318 күн бұрын
@@PianoFromScratch honestly thank you for making this channel and helping us beginners...its been so fun watching your videos..its soooo helpful :))
@deltacomatso1734 ай бұрын
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.
@amarie6938 ай бұрын
I’ve watched lots of piano lesson videos. This is the first I’ve seen about learning shapes, very helpful! Thank you!
@craigcohen53783 ай бұрын
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!
@jeffteza864421 күн бұрын
That was an incredibly helpful tool to help visualize the keyboard instead of memorizing sharps and flats for different keys. Great stuff.
@nathalieheath56938 ай бұрын
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!!
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Ah great!
@charlottewarburton7433Ай бұрын
I have been trying to tolerate learning scales for years and this is revolutionary knowledge to me! thanks so much dude, so pleased I found this video!!!
@PianoFromScratchАй бұрын
That’s great, hope it helps you out
@chrisw6853 ай бұрын
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.
@leavesfromthevine44657 ай бұрын
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.
@vincentgoosse45704 ай бұрын
Briliant. No other words
@thomascordery79517 ай бұрын
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.
@pc2nite8 ай бұрын
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.
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Ah yes I’m sure that would help too
@lilyle97146 ай бұрын
Omg this IS THE right way to memorize scales. It just turns that chaos into complete order!
@michaelwilliamson24828 күн бұрын
This is interesting! Easy -ish to apply to minor scales/natural, harmonic and melodic. Any tips for applying to blues scales? It seems you’d want overlapping chunks!
@amaizenblue22668 ай бұрын
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 !
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Thanks! I try to get things across as clearly as I can 👍
@manu-singh8 ай бұрын
Hi sir, Please try to upload more regularly, I love learning from your videos
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Thanks! I will try, it's been christmas holidays here recently but back on it now!
@donbaker40733 ай бұрын
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?
@juniesdream8 ай бұрын
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.
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Ah great, hope they help!
@rabmacleod63318 ай бұрын
Super help! Thank you could you do the blues and pent ?
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Consider it done 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuQc4KjgMyXe5Y
@JamsODonnell1007 ай бұрын
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…🎶
@renan_delon8 ай бұрын
You're so damn right, how I could not see this? now I feel stupid, but thanks!
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
No worries, hope it helps!
@alionadameron23 күн бұрын
Omg, so simple. Genius
@charlesrose72126 ай бұрын
Great lesson again! 😊
@RandomKun7 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this video! I had absolutely no idea that I was playing my major scales wrong all along. This really helped me. I also have a question: Previously I was playing a different scale altogether as C major, and it had the notes mentioned below. I was using a trick of 3-2 to get my notes, that is, take a note, skip 3 keys and play next and then skip 2 keys and play the next and so on. can you tell me what I was actually playing because even though I was wrong, it was sounding great. C, E, G, B, D, F#, A What is this?? Please do tell me. Again thank you for the lesson 😊
@PianoFromScratch7 күн бұрын
This might not mean much at the moment yet but in that order those notes are actually an extended C major 7 chord (Cmaj13#11) But if you're talking about scales, reorder them so they're in 2nds (next to each other basically) C D E F# G A B and that is called 'Lydian'. It's a type of 'mode' technically but essentially it's just like the major scale but with a raised 4th note and it's an awesome sound, I agree!
@RandomKun7 күн бұрын
@@PianoFromScratch Thank you so much for letting me know. Now I can practice actual major scales and I can be at peace knowing that I was playing lydian. 😊👍🏼
@markjulie20727 ай бұрын
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)
@gis33268 ай бұрын
Excellent explanation. Thank you!
@lyravisionmusic7 ай бұрын
Bloody brilliant exposition of shapes mate. Shapes are the key to mastering dynamic musical expression and emotional storytelling.
@eprand38 ай бұрын
This is excellent! Thank you so much.
@ronmeldon6440Ай бұрын
A really useful insight - thank you!
@marshasmith43002 ай бұрын
GREAT instructions!
@vijiind23 сағат бұрын
good bro tks
@AbhijitDeshmukh-i3lАй бұрын
very good teaching
@drparin5 ай бұрын
Really great lesson. Thanks.
@user-pl4nk2sb9f6 ай бұрын
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?
@lospopularos6 ай бұрын
Nice idea. I’d never thought of this before. Thank you.
@brianwest98318 ай бұрын
Good lesson thanks easy to follow and explained well
@MinusMedley7 ай бұрын
Brilliant, simplified a lot of theory for me too.
@andrehines3 ай бұрын
love this idea. What exactly are those circles called and where can we find them to purchase? thanks much
@palvalheim64178 ай бұрын
Interesting! Can’t wait to try the practice routine you suggested 😊
@St.Pa-al8 ай бұрын
This is great Max & i can't thank you enough on chord inversion shapes.
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
Hey, no worries, glad it’s helped!!
@akmt1238 ай бұрын
Excellent, cheers from Canada.
@cyrusdeng0108Ай бұрын
thank u
@norakat7 ай бұрын
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..
@mamphoagnes74187 ай бұрын
This will help me a lot thank you so much 😊
@emmaA-8 ай бұрын
Interesting! Thanks for the video 🌟
@jamilachowdhury727817 күн бұрын
great, excellent
@norakat7 ай бұрын
You’re a genius!
@RaciouS913 ай бұрын
Thanks. 3 whole steps : 4 whole steps in between half step
@jamilachowdhury727827 күн бұрын
wonderful
@user-oo4sr1nf9q8 ай бұрын
Thank you this is the best
@louiscornale56675 ай бұрын
Great for wooly bully watch it now 😮
@andream65338 ай бұрын
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!
@emmanuelkimutai67178 ай бұрын
I love this kudos
@maroshinduliak67788 ай бұрын
Hi there!! amazing video! Can you please do this for minor scale as well? also can we apply relative minor to major scale?
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
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 👍
@mojsterr8 ай бұрын
Damn I love your channel
@akmt1238 ай бұрын
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!
@unclemick-synths8 ай бұрын
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.
@akmt1238 ай бұрын
@@unclemick-synths Thanks....will try it seriously now....
@molotulo88084 ай бұрын
Tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone! Major scale
@9Tayles2 ай бұрын
Knowing the chords by ear
@Practicalmusicministryskil49067 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video! I share a free bite by bite “learn to read music” program on my KZbin channel in the hopes of making music literacy accessible to all!
@lospopularos6 ай бұрын
The most challenging for me is being able to play all the inversions of complex jazz chords fast enough without having to think.
@PianoFromScratch6 ай бұрын
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.
@lospopularos6 ай бұрын
@@PianoFromScratch Thank you.
@gazza3635 ай бұрын
4 plus 3 a major chord for me.... 3 plus 4 a minor on the floor.
@portraitofalion8 ай бұрын
All ideas are welcome becasue keys are weird.
@raymarch35768 ай бұрын
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?
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
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 👍
@michaelfisher68178 ай бұрын
Easy to visualize. Will look at other videos.😊
@pc2nite8 ай бұрын
Check out the chromatic button accordion and Linnstrument.
@raymarch35768 ай бұрын
@@pc2nite yeah I'm almost at the point where I'm ordering a Linnstrument. it looks amazing
@pc2nite8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@victorchen32458 ай бұрын
The easiest way to “visualize”, not really “memorize”. Thanks for sharing though.
@PianoFromScratch8 ай бұрын
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. 👍