Learn All Your Scales in 24 Hours!

Gain access to the full Scale Syllabus for all instruments, with play-along tracks for all scales at: / @bradharrison
The full syllabus includes major scales, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, major blues, and minor blues.
You can also find the free progress tracker and major scale syllabus at www.bradharrison.ca/scales
If you’d prefer to join my Patreon, visit / bradharrison
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Previous videos about why you should learn your scales:
Major Scales Give You Superpowers
• Major Scales Give You ...
Sight Reading: Essential Skills
• Sight Reading: Essenti...
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A spreadsheet with all the math and info to back up the claims for this method:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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0:00 - Introduction
0:35 - What do you mean by "24 hours"?
1:13 - What do you mean by "All Your Scales"?
2:12 - How do you actually do it?
2:37 - The 3000% Method
4:10 - The Review Process
5:12 - The Scale Syllabus & Progress Tracker
6:36 - What about all the other scales?
8:12 - Conclusion
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www.BradHarrison.ca
www.patreon.com/bradharrison
This video contains emojis that were designed by OpenMoji - the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Special thanks to OpenMoji!

[@ranumidharmadasa5707]

You're amazing for this. All of your informational videos on youtube, and now the progress tracker for FREE as well!?? Respect.

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

This is absolutely incredible, the building blocks to musical success! Thank you!

[@travelswithmymate4486]

Your videos are awesome! So clearly presented with beautifully clear graphics. WOW.

[@-Anth]

OMG I need this video, ty so much for uploading it!!!

[@steveandersson4024]

Thanks a lot, inspiring and structured 🙂👍🏻

[@jamesbanks2492]

Man you are a Bad ASS you really want people to learn i thank you very much and aver thing you've away to help is grate and may GOD BLESS you

[@hitstiq5415]

just what i needed. thank you algorithm

[@brazilx7]

You continue to put amazing content on this site for free. Truly what Victor Wooten would call, a force for Music! I hope (as a guitar player) that you do Pentatonic scales soon, but I know I've already got a lot of value. Def will be joining your membership.

[@BradHarrison]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I’ll definitely be adding pentatonics soon. I might do a poll in a week or two and see what scale type people are most interested in for the first update in March.

[@konarain]

I'm watching aot of content, this is the best..I was just talking with an l.a. session guy, about the myth of minor pentatonics when a simple major one will do it..(not having a 4th, like the minor pentatonic- avoids clashing with major third) so major and minor are helpful..the sixth in the major avoids clash with sevens on chords as well while using maj penta scales..AlohAz

[@mouse5318]

I learned all my major scales it helped so much so I can’t wait to learn all of them

[@BradHarrison]

Agreed! I think learning my major scales was the single project that made the most difference in my musical abilities. It inspired this video: Major Scales Give You Superpowers kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZvPf3lmhquHkJI

[@mamatix77]

Nice futurama reference ! I've started learning scales slowly with my teacher, and we recently switched to this method (without touching the metronome so it takes even less time, so every variation at a certain tempo). It's great to see the progress come day after day, you really realise how much of it happens when you sleep !

[@davidporter8418]

Thanks Brad, the 40.000 + hrs GoT season 8, so funny

[@BradHarrison]

It’s been 5 years and I’m still shocked at how badly that show turned!

[@wineinfusedmaden2778]

Need to know by Friday. Monster energy got my back💅💅.

[@BradHarrison]

You can do this! Work the system!

[@Marcosls2015]

Thanks for the amazing content! Please, mind if I ask you which software you use to do these animations? Thanks!

[@BradHarrison]

Keynote does most of the heavy lifting.

[@paoloromagnoli7369]

Your videos are absolutely amazing!!!! For their perfection they ridicule thousands of other video tutorials!!!! Could you explain how to use your table to learn an entire song? Thanks from Florence Italy !!!!!

[@BradHarrison]

Thanks for the kind words! Sure, you could apply the same technique to learning a piece and taking the speed down to half or quarter tempo, then work it back up similar to the technique shown in the video. I’ve used variations on this method many times to learn difficult sections!

[@paoloromagnoli7369]

@@BradHarrison THANKS a lot!!!!!

[@flufo]

You are so cool thank you

[@BradHarrison]

Lmao. Not too many people have accused me of that, but thanks!!

[@user-kk8dj6kk9b]

I find you to be very interesting and thank you very much for the video 😎😎😎!

[@theheartmachine1]

Wow!

[@MichelleyB-zk3eh]

Other scales such as Hungarian gypsy, blues, Russian too plus the major/minor/ diminished/augmented triads and their inversions

[@BradHarrison]

So many scales! I did include blues, but yeah, there are an even more scales that seemed a bit niche. But some people might find them useful depending on the type of music they play! I may end up including arpeggios and triads and such in the syllabus eventually, but they do start to blur the definition of scale.

[@bigjohnbabine]

Please sir, what app do you use to edit your video... I will love to know... Please reply.

[@BrianWagener]

Lets say you learn the first scale, how often to keep playing that one while you learn the second? I would assume by the time you are at the last 12th major scale, you would need to be doing review of each scale everyday? How much time does this end up taking?

[@BradHarrison]

Covered that in the video! Reviewing all 12 scales in 8ths is just a couple minutes. 16ths is even faster. It’s really quick to review when you have them learned and up to speed.

[@lotor2573]

YOOOO WOHOOO

[@vinpen5662]

Would these scales can be implemented for beginner violinists

[@BradHarrison]

Sure!

[@nathanreiber6819]

great. But you don't explain what to do when you start plateauing.I can't seem to play A major 16ths at 100bpm. Do I sell my piano and give up? also why only one octave. I made the decision to do two, because I think we should practicing our crossovers.

[@BradHarrison]

This method is highly adaptable! Do two octaves, or just one, hand together or apart…every instrument will have different needs and challenges, and I touched on that in the video. You’re having trouble at 100bpm. How is 90? How about 91? Also, try again tomorrow and see how far you get. This method isn’t infinite, but also for some people getting to the point you did is a massive achievement. And hopefully you can do even better tomorrow. Hope that helps! Let me know how it goes. Good luck!

[@nathanreiber6819]

Thanks for the level headed reply. It felt like the implication was that if we start from the bottom we should be able to progress upwards immediately and it felt like "why can't I?" I think I'm just frustrated, because I really feel like I should be able to get up there. (been practicing my Major scales for about 6 months now - though in a pretty unorganized way). I think I need to come back tomorrow like you suggested. @@BradHarrison

[@BradHarrison]

Some projects are more stubborn than others. Sometimes you’ll get a passage up to speed relatively easily while another requires way more effort, repetition, and review. It’s not always obvious why but it’s definitely a thing. Also, consider if there are any technique issues you could improve upon. And, breaks are good too. Learning often comes over the medium and long term, not just short.

[@user-bn1hf6ib2i]

Hiii!! Can you make a video about time signature

[@BradHarrison]

That’s next on the list! Should be out in a few weeks.

[@user-bn1hf6ib2i]

@@BradHarrison Thank you!!

[@fritz1339]

Hello, I have a question to 2:13: "...in only one key, because you don't need to worry about different keys if you play guitar or sing" ..???..I don' understand this sentence. Can you explain to me, Thanks for your great content!

[@BradHarrison]

For most instrumentalists, playing C and C# major are completely different notes and fingerings. But for a guitarist, they just slide up a fret and follow the same finger pattern. For singers, they sing the same pattern of intervals and sometimes don’t even know what note they’re singing. C# is a tiny bit higher but feels basically the same as C major. Hope that helps!

[@fritz1339]

Thank you very much for the competent feedback, I really appreciate it. And again, thanks for the great content on this channel!

[@ec6169]

​@BradHarrison For guitarists it doesn't really work in this way, for the major scale you generally learn 7 patterns with 18 notes each (3 notes for every string) and you can transpose these patterns along the neck. You can learn just one position, but it would be very limiting.

[@BradHarrison]

@ec6169 Fair. And the more ways you can play a scale, the more options you’ll have. Different instruments have different but similar challenges. Piano has left and right hand with different fingerings, winds have upper and lower octaves… But you could technically learn one pattern and play it every key in guitar, no? Side stepping keys is much easier on guitar than on many other instruments, right? Just slide up or down a fret and play the same pattern. I know you’ve got your challenges, but as a trumpet player, I’m still jealous. I may have oversimplified a bit, but this whole video is really about adapting the method to your needs and having a plan to work through your technique, and how you can get through a lot of material if you’re work smart. Fair enough?

[@Lord_Marquaad]

This is important for me as a beginner guitarist, I'm watching this

[@jacobmccann2515]

I just paid and I cannot access the files from the drop box link. I downloaded the file called scale syllabus, and it was a compressed file that was "invalid" when I tried extracting. Am I doing something wrong?

[@BradHarrison]

Strange. I’ve had other people use the link with no problems. The file is not compressed. As with most things, try turning your computer off and on, and try again. Maybe try on a different browser or computer too. We’ll get this sorted one way or another!

[@BradHarrison]

Let me know if you get it sorted or not!

[@vanessalang2018]

Can this work for flutists?

[@BradHarrison]

Absolu-flute-ly!

[@wyattstevens8574]

​@@BradHarrisonLOL!

[@BradHarrison]

I am simultaneously proud and ashamed of that joke.

[@vanessalang2018]

@@BradHarrison 😂

[@user-tt7pt2rv3i]

can you try rhythmic notation Part 3 Next? if this video hits 10k likes?

[@BradHarrison]

It’s actually the next planned video! Should be a done in a few weeks.

[@BradHarrison]

Finally got it done! Time Signatures in Music Explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3TKlYKNhKuVi7c

[@wyattstevens8574]

If the 9'30" is "no review" and the 24ish hours "extensive review (the entire program)," what would the ~ 14'30" "moderate review" be with respect to the plan? Also, I like how it's "melodic minor bebop," "bebop 'modes'," "The Lick." if you cover natural minor, trust me- you can play the Lick already! Just remember: 2-3-4-5-3, 1-2. Those are just the scale-degree patterns!

[@BradHarrison]

The moderate review does 3 days of review rather than 5. It skips days 2 & 3. The lick was sort of a joke, but I might do it anyway!

[@wyattstevens8574]

@@BradHarrison I wasn't sure whether the lick was just another meme or not here- but seriously, if you know minor/Dorian (this doesn't use degrees 5 or 6), you basically know this already! But I personally would only prefer to start with just days 1-4 (ignoring 16ths altogether), but still, that's plenty! I'll see how long that works out to be.

[@konarain]

The only true Englishman in the Beatles was a Harrison..Aloha from Bradley

[@BradHarrison]

I wonder how distantly related we are...

[@falkor2656]

Someone likes Game of Thrones....

[@BradHarrison]

It was so great for 4 seasons, and then it was pretty good for a couple more, and then they completely fumbled the ending.

[@dantevideti8026]

Or you are a savage that was gaming 6 hour a day and replaced gaming with guitar hahaha

[@lizziewicked]

Not only is it a ridiculous claim, it’s a suspect goal in the first place

[@BradHarrison]

Did you watch the video? Check the links in the description for how the math works out and I’ve done a few videos on why learning scales is useful. But you feel free to follow your own musical journey! All the best!