Which Piano Scales Should You Learn First? | A Helpful Order Of Types & Keys

[@PianoFromScratch]

Get your PDF ALL 12 MAJOR SCALES here with graphics & finger numbers 👉 pianofs.com/all-12-major-scales-pdf-worksheet/ Get your Minor Scales PDF here 👉pianofs.com/all-the-minor-scales/ You can read the article with all this info from the video here 👉 pianofs.com/the-best-scales-to-learn-first-on-piano-a-helpful-guide/

[@raikeyzofficial]

I’ve been a professional keyboardist for a decade now and decided to go right back to the basics. Mate thanks for these gems!🔥👏🏽

[@zoejaira1812]

Trying to learn piano by myself bc lessons are expensive lol. Its going really well to be honest, i could already play some basic things but i want to be able to read sheet music and be able to play that. Thank u for these videos :)))

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@tig bitties welcome to the crew 😌🖐️

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@tig bitties I've made it to almost my second year and have made tons of progress

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@tig bitties if you don't mind, what kind of keyboard did you end up purchasing?

[@jiminslostjam6215]

@tig bitties that's what I ended up doing, wish you good luck on starting a new journey! I'll probably check back in a few months to see how much progress you've made!

[@Mikano_ñ]

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[@user-xg4td3gg7e]

This has enhanced my piano playing. Thanks. 😉

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for this. I've been preparing for studying music for about 4 years, and just bought a piano this week. Videos like this are an inspiration.

[@jamilachowdhury7278]

Thank you once more for your excellent lesson on the general idea behind scales.

[@madboy5067]

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[@oloyedestephen5915]

Thanks very much. This is the most comprehensive content in less than 10minutes...

[@Salty_Taco9357]

I've been playing piano for about 2 years, and have done alot of work on scales and the circle of 5ths, but I've never understood other things. I know obviously major and minor scales, and within minors there is harmonic and tonic. But then there's the chromatic scale, blues scales, pentimento scales, and now that I've started guitar I'm hearing about mixylodian scales.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Yes mixolydian is used often in rock etc, if you know a major scale, just flatten the 7th note by lowering it a half step and there you have it. So the flat 7 is a whole step below the root for mixolydian instead of a half step below (like major). I like to just picture these so it's a slight adjustment to a familiar major scale

[@TuneTemptation]

Really love your work ❤ this is really helpful for the beginners💐💐

[@T-marie-N]

This is great. It helps to have this info so I can make a plan for practicing. I've learned F C G D major scales so far--now I know where to start as far as minor, pentatonic and blues scales. Thanks!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Well done on what you’ve done so far. Glad it helped!

[@elaineolson550]

Thanks for the video! Enjoyable and makes scales seem less daunting… 😊

[@WowzaGuy]

Great video! Very practical and useful suggestions to a beginner on which scales to start with.

[@DDtankxD]

Your videos are always a godsend, man!! I've been organizing myself to get my keyboard studies going for good this time and i was at a loss on where/how to start. Thank you so much for doing this, wish you only the best 💜💪

[@PianoFromScratch]

No probs, glad it helped! Yea there’s it’s often tricky to know where to start, having a plan helps keep you on track

[@juulsboogieacademy4239]

The blues scale 🎹🎶💯

[@ericbryden5576]

Best video I’ve found for a question that lot of people are most likely asking

[@PianoFromScratch]

What scales have you learnt so far? 🎹

[@Mrtanweerkhan1]

All 12 Major scales...so far... This vdo was absolutely helpful in organizing d proper sequence to focus on.. I always look fwd to ur vdos since dey r so damn clear n informative.. thanks n God bless....u hv been doing a real wonderful thing...

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks, Tanweer. Well done on getting all 12! 1 or 2 octaves yet?

[@Mrtanweerkhan1]

@@PianoFromScratch 2 Octaves👍😅

[@janetgermany7649]

All 12 major and minor scales sir

[@Mrtanweerkhan1]

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[@juicybacon12]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Appreciate your teaching style. Great video quality. Cheers!

[@PianoFromScratch]

No probs! Thanks for watching

[@2nmingo]

me too and i play the guitar lol

[@gracekam90]

Very helpful! 👍Thank you 🙏 I like the sequence: natural-harmonic-melodic. It helps memorizing the pattern.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it helped! Make sure to check the minor scales playlist to learn that stuff in depth 🙂

[@abanoubfidal7036]

Great content as usual!!

[@sunflowerkidworld]

Thanks for this man. Appreciate your content!

[@MrCharlie066]

Bro lookin like Kelsi the composer from High School Musical (2006). Love the video, thanks :)

[@bettyennin6335]

Helpful. Thanks!

[@BeatsbytheSXMZ]

GREAT video.

[@chile7743]

Awesome vid I learnt all 12 major scales nice to know that the natural minors use the same notes. How do I train my ears to recognise the scale or rather the key?

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks! Yes the natural minors just start on the 6th note of the major scale. I highly recommend checking out the minor scales playlist to get proper info on them as well as building other types, it’s really important, fundamental musical knowledge. When you say recognising scales by ear, hearing types vs hearing specific keys are 2 very different things. Types, you’re listening out for the overall quality, the brighter ‘happier’ major sound or the darker ‘sadder’ minor sound. Figuring out the key, you need to be able to recognise the root note, the note that sounds like home, at rest and then match that on the piano, humming the note really helps but takes practice. Actually recognising it instantly is a whole other ball game, either you have perfect pitch or you don’t (most of us don’t) but you can train pitch memory to an extent and people often do that by remembering the first notes of familiar songs. Honestly though, pitch memory is no where near as important as training relative pitch which is essentially normal ear training, listening for how notes move around, intervals where we are in the key, types of chords and scales etc

[@chile7743]

@@PianoFromScratch thanks this helps

[@dannydine5263]

Are all these scales taught for both the left and right hand?

[@silas1414]

Is there any upside/downside to learning the two whole tone scales? I've only just started with keyboard yesterday and was practising whole tone as it seems to help internalise the tone and semitone jumps from each key, if that makes sense.

[@cliffy7641]

i think your lessons are great and I'm learning a lot, would just like you to slow speech down a tad , feels like a race when you talk.

[@DeweyDWhite]

Also please minimize your hand movements they are distracting at times.

[@Nick-ui9dr]

Okay dear... Same question I asked many.. nobody gave the answer. How much time do u think it will take to go from 0 to 4 notes per beat at 120 BPM? Lets suppose u can have 3-4 hour daily practice. I mean I am almost 6-7 months into piano learning... And I need to judge my progress but dunno have a average benchmark to compare with.. so thinking if I am progress even right or not. Cant play both hands together yet.. just started trying but can do about around 2 notes per beat at 120 bpm with both hands seperatly. How much more time u think its gonna take to go to 4 notes per beat? ..Now dont say it depends like all rest. Just give me a rough estimate so that I can evaluate if I am going all right or have to change way of doing things. I mean I practice on my own. Few scales I might even can do at 150 I guess or 300 straight bpm. My idea at start of the year was to accomplish it by the end of this year but maybe not gonna reach it I suppose. I mean u have gone through that period yourself and must have seen or observe many student in your life. So whats your general take? Just give me a general idea with that much practice hour .. and +- 10-20% will be okay for me i guess. And lets not talk about with both hand together speed just hands separately will do for the moment. I need that much speed or clarity for something u c.

[@WowzaGuy]

I think a decent beginner could in about 12-16 weeks learn 12 major scales at 100bpm 8th notes, practicing 30-45 mins per day. Maybe more, maybe less. Depends on the person. It should not take a year to learn the major and minor scales, certainly not at 3 hours per day. If you’re struggling I think you should find a piano teacher to help you. (In fact finding a teacher is a good idea in any case.)

[@Nick-ui9dr]

@@WowzaGuy 100bpm 8th note means ..umm 200 straight bpm right? In 4/4 sense I mean Guess what I as thinking 16th note at 120bpm in 4/4 measure. I mean if I am doing the bpm calculations right. 😃

[@adityakrishnamalhotra1]

MAJOR SCALES C major Order to learn in C G D A E Also F major (1 flat) B major Similar fingering Bb Eb Ab Db Gb very different fingering MINOR SCALES 3 types natural Melodic Harmonic

[@Nick-ui9dr]

Okay so when the talks have came to modes.. lets dig into it one more time. Its sorta 3rd kinda lesson about modes ..right globs? 😀 I dunno actually what good it for or used for.. but yeah thats what I came to know about it on youtube. Think sometimes they called church modes or something.. so might be used in that music. Anyways first day I came across a video about it ..it was just simple and straight forward. You play a scale but from its different note that is that mode of that scale. Like if u play C scale from C its Ionian mode... If u play C scale but from its D to D note its its Dorian mode ..and so on. Better call it note position than specific note so that we can scale it to different scales without confusion. So 1. Ionian 2. Dorian 3. Phrygian 4. Lydian 5. Mixolydian 6. Aoelian 7. Lockrian Its too simple obviously u need to play any mode of any scale just play that same scale but from its that note. Simple enough...right? 😀 Now one or two days back I encountered another video about the topic.. and this time it was some jazzy blue kinda guy. Now the way he started describing modes. My head started spining. Like u flatten this u flatten that. And it wasnt about flattening a note.. its about how I learned it in first place. That was simple enough u dont need to care what note flatten or what u just have to care about that u know that major scale. U just play it from that position. Now this guy was telling things quite differently. And I thought what the heck.... Whats going around. But then lil insight told me they both were talking the same thing but different angles. So me summarize what I happen to understand it like from those two videos about the topic. Its very true if you have to play the dorian mode of C scale or play Dorian mode from D note u got to play C scale from D. So if u wanna play Dorian mode from E note u have to play D scale from E cause its in D scale that E is at 2nd note position. So whether u say u play dorian mode of D scale or just Dorian mode from E note ..its upto you. Cause in both eays interval distance between notes of dorian scale not gonna change. Like every major scale has different key pattern but notes interval pattern is consistent among all 12. And since we learn manor scale first so we usually see other things or scales with reference to it. Thats easier to comprehend and manage info. And better if we from now on talk about note as position rather than letter cause that gonna confuse thing. So when we are talking about flattening some note we talking with reference to some benchmark... Major scale pattern here in this case. So sorta Major scale kinda assumed as pure scale and u flatten or raise certain note and u get that other thing. Though its another matter that major scale sound more impure to me. 😀 And I have also read that thats what it is thought about that scale. Its just wokable workaround than perfect scale. Anyway..lets keep to topic. Lets try see it though C scale modes and mode on every scale will have same interval pattern since parent scale are same pattern.

[@tracybowser7125]

very helpful

[@Ramiro-k8f]

Thank you Iam 47 old I learned a lot from you I

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad to hear, thanks for watching!

[@sylviabrown5071]

🤣🤣Did I click on the wrong session for a compleat beginner ? 🤪. I will carry on regardless 👍

[@PianoFromScratch]

It’s just a broad overview to know where you’re headed, you don’t need to learn it all right away 👍

[@sylviabrown5071]

@@PianoFromScratch Phew thats a relief!! Right i'm on it.👍

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci.

[@mattedpictures9008]

Wait…was it really that hard to not play them as you talked about them at the piano… bruh

[@PianoFromScratch]

No, not hard but I made a choice not to add extra length to the video when it wouldn’t have really added to the point I was making. It’s just a list essentially…bruh

[@flavioryu5922]

@@PianoFromScratch it just felt confusing because I was thinking the whole time when you were going to start playing them. maybe you could have just filmed yourself talking? great video anyways

[@janetgermany7649]

Thank you daddy... more lessons daddy

[@Mrtanweerkhan1]

Hi ...hope u did not find doing 2 Octaves as difficult as I did..took me a while to get d flow🙂

[@jal2550]

Jesus, this is advanced as fuck

[@PianoFromScratch]

Really? It's just a list of things to do, stuff to work towards over a long period of time.

[@janetgermany7649]

But daddy... My ear's is not good and I don't know what to do it daddy.. please can you help me of it

[@robinpetersson3081]

Crazy complicated.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Hi, do you mean just how many scales there are to learn my explanation of an order? If you mean the latter, sorry if you didn’t find it useful but because there’s a lot of them and all the keys to consider, giving an overview of things is inevitably going to be a bit involved I think. I could have just given a list but then it wouldn’t have made any sense why to a lot of people and I think that’s important. Also, I don’t like to just say exactly what order to do because we need to be flexible with learning things and I wouldn’t want someone to rigidly stick to it if that wasn’t the best thing for them. If you check the post on the website, there’s a few tables you can glance at which I think are perhaps clearer to see quickly. Here’s a link for that pianofs.com/the-best-scales-to-learn-first-on-piano-a-helpful-guide/

[@robinpetersson3081]

@@PianoFromScratch No, your explanation was superb. I just find it massively complicated to learn so many scales with different fingerings and different fingerings for each hand. I know the major scales and have just been introduced to the minor scales by my teacher. I am just watching KZbin vidoes to undestand it all even better :)

[@PianoFromScratch]

@@robinpetersson3081 Ah I see what you mean. And yes it is, but the real trick is I find is to try not to 'remember' all the fingerings like you would learn lines (obviously do that first 1 scale at a time to check they're correct), Put some focus on looking ahead at the blocks of notes and thinking about how and why those fingerings work, how they help just fit into those blocks to help you move around. This way, with enough experience you just start to see what works so quick and fit your hand into shapes naturally it becomes more automatic and much more valuable because you apply that to finding fingerings for actual music. I hope that kind of makes sense, it's tricky to explain without showing examples

[@Harry-mp1tf]

This teacher is very knowledgeable but he sounds so much like the GEICO gecko lizard that I just don't think I could follow more than a few minutes without thinking of my car insurance and wondering if I could actually get a better rate. 😁

[@elviskipgenkho]

this actually is a talk show

[@PianoFromScratch]

The topic is a list of what order to approach things in and why that might be useful so yeah I need to use talking to explain that information

[@rickgat]

Man sat in front of the piano and didn’t play shit

[@rickgat]

…..so we’re just gonna sit here and talk in front of the piano and not play a single note to show examples?

[@PianoFromScratch]

The point of this video is just to be a list, not a tutorial. Playing them all would serve no purpose other than to make the video pointlessly longer.

[@gavinveilleux9028]

@@PianoFromScratch. ”pointlessly longer” when one of your fans legit wanted you to show examples. Christ

[@PianoFromScratch]

@@gavinveilleux9028 But the video is list. When I say 'pointlessly longer' I'm not trying to be rude - examples would add no value to the information I'm intending to get across so it would mean viewers sit through watching a longer video to get no extra benefit, that's what I mean by pointless.

[@TuneTemptation]

​@@PianoFromScratch👍🏻👍🏻

[@GeeDeeBird]

I guess your complaint is legitimate... For people too lazy or clueless to look at his extensive and complete list of videos playing the major, minor and other scales. For the rest of us, it was an optimal discussion of a pertinent issue. Thumbs up from me!

[@humblehombre9904]

You say your going to start from the beginning, but now you’ve run through every damn scale, and I just wanted to start with one or two. I’m completely spun and this is WORTHLESS as shit. I think you just wanted to show what you know.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Wow.. . ...The point of the video was to be a list to give a broad overview of what's out there and what you will eventually end up learning over a longer period of time - that's information that's good for people to know and that other people want. If it's worthless to you, fair enough but thousands of others seems to find value so not really a need for the anger at a free video that was designed exactly like the one you specifically were looking for. It's weird talk as though a broader video shouldn't exist just because you wanted something different. And show what I know.. haha. I'm trying to provide a useful reference for people with lots of info in one place so they can know too... there's a lot there but like I said, it's an overview of some of the things out there and people can just watch the beginning part if they want and then watch other sections when they want. 👍

[@snaredrum954]

💪🧡

[@QAnthonyB]

You're not actually playing the piano in this vid?

[@blank2709]

bro sat with a piano in front of him and didn't play it once lmfao

[@PianoFromScratch]

It’s a list

[@milkismysecret]

You spoke so much and showed us the keyboard, yet didnt play anything!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Because it was just a list of things to do, and yes I had to speak to explain why

[@khooleo]

Bro if you want to listen to piano then go do it, this is music Theory

[@TheRobh62]

You lost me after five minutes I am afraid so obviously I need something more basic.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Ah sorry this is more aimed at people who know a little already to help them get a sense of the bigger picture and what order to do things in. I have other videos on why scales are important to learn and then theory videos too on how we build them

[@TheRobh62]

@@PianoFromScratch Thank you. I will perservere and look through others. I am very late 50s play intermediate guitar etc.. little basic theory. New to piano. JUst want to be able to find my chords on piano andpractice moving between them, gaining technique as I go. Want to learn enough to have fun and play a few basic songs in the first year or so.

[@PianoFromScratch]

@@TheRobh62 Sounds great, I have a bunch of videos to help memorise chords and their inversions (other positions to play chords) which should hopefully help you out. I recommend the majority of practice on actually learning real music and then other exercises and things around that to support it

[@TheRobh62]

@@PianoFromScratch "real music"? Do you mean practicing actual simple songs? (pretty sure thats what you mean). I am hoping to get to a point where my basic guitar knowledge helps with piano chord choice and my piano/music theory assists in improving my guitar chord knowlege.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Yes I just meant actual songs and pieces as opposed to exercises

[@rajneeshalhat3530]

Wears video I ever seen