This Mind Blowing Hack Will Change Your Piano Life!

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This video is made to bring on a revelation in you. For most people who see it, even professional piano players it can be “lightbulb” moment, even a game changer. You will realise in an instant how patterns such as scales, chords and melodies can be moved up and down on a piano.
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[@jaytc3218]

Hi, Martin. Long-time piano/keyboard player here. I purchased this a while back. I actually cut the cards down to size, inserted them into transparent document protectors, trimmed them down to size, and taped them shut. I think the real benefit (besides the obvious visual patterns) is the finger numbers for each key (1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5). When I show these cards to guitar players, some who are pro and semi-pro, they immediately want to play all the keys! Guitar players think in patterns for everything on the fretboard. Scale patterns, arpeggios, triads, etc. Everything is a shape that can be moved to any other place on the fretboard. These cards are nice visual aids.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for purchasing and for this great explanation. I really need you on marketing team as I couldn't have put this better. Thanks!

[@jaytc3218]

@@martinfinnmusic Martin, you should make a set of cards for shell voicings (Maj7, m7, Maj6, m6/dim7, mMaj7). Anyone can cut up a piece of folder board and draw the lines but it would be nice to see it done right.

[@bradleyduer]

One of those things you can't believe you never noticed until it's shown to you. Mind is definitely blown.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you! Yes, isn't it?

[@orrinbynum5978]

Good morning Mr. Finn. I am 69 years old. I have been a Choir Director/Musician since I was in my early twenties and I majored in voice in college. I have never seen or heard of the major scale concept that you have just showed us. This was amazing to me. I am going to use it for future knowledge and past this concept on to other young and older people who may be interested in this knowledge. Thank you for showing this concept to me today. I am tremendously going to use this for myself as well. I wish you continued success with your future musical videos & endeavors and I also wish you continued success financially as well. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us today. I really appreciate what you have just shown me. Have a wonderful day.

[@yussepig6629]

Really? You get taught this in grade 1 piano lessons

[@orrinbynum5978]

Not in my inn the area where I live. I have no need to lie to you about anything. But, still thank you so much for your knowledge. Best wishes.

[@martinfinnmusic]

What a lovely comment. I really appreciate everything you have said here. I am delighted that you got so much for it. I think everyone should know about this. When I first realised it for myself, it changed the way that I saw piano playing for good. The very best of luck to you from Ireland! Take care. Martin

[@cvc778]

​@@orrinbynum5978same here. I have been playing for a while and this was never shown to me until this guy. This shows that no matter how much we know something, we can ALWAYS learn something new.

[@orrinbynum5978]

I appreciate your last message Mr. Martin. I am from Baltimore in the US. I lived and a very poor area in my city and my mom could not afford to pay piano lessons but, she was able to get me a used piano around age 13. I started learning piano in high school. I learn a few things for free the free class I got there. I didn’t really have great piano teachers until I got into college. That is where things got a little more serious. I majored in voice because it was easier to get through the music program that way. However my 2 child came and disrupted my college education. So I have to leave and get a job to take care of them. They are grown now and I still got a chance to play music in churches and I learn a lot of things from listening to gospel recordings and I was a choir director/musician and that allow me to make a little money to help me take care of my children along with my post office job. When I came across your video I said this is opening up something new to learn different types of scales. That is why it was so eye opening for me because I am still teaching choirs at my age and I am pretty good at it. I hope to put out my own music for my bucket list this year. I am hoping that some folks will like my original songs. Thank you again for your knowledge because I am really got to make great use of the knowledge you gave me in my own music. All the best to you in your future musical endeavors. Have a wonderful day and musical life.

[@emmosea]

I've been playing the piano / keyboard for over 40 years and I never realised this. Mind blowing! How did I not see this before ??? well done - liked and subbed

[@TebogoMotlhale]

No, you're Kidding, right 😂😂 ?? It is TOO obvious. So you've NEVER looked into the TOP half of the keyboard to see and NOTICE that the thickness of the keys is in fact all EQUAL 🤔🤔 😆😆???

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much. Crazy, right?!

[@thomasjohnson1959]

As a student of mathematics, I am constantly amazed at how one textbook or video can present an old idea in an innovative way. As for the fact that this idea existed back in the 30s, where is that 94 year old publication? 😞 Right, no where! 😐 I really appreciate this lesson.

[@user-vf5bv6vo4b]

@@TebogoMotlhale Please oh wise one, grace us with your superior knowledge and great virtuoso skillset. We beg you to teach us the proper way to play the keyboard as we realize that you and ONLY you have the answers to music and life in general!! We beg of thee, show us, teach us, train us!!! 🙄

[@dank0ch]

@@TebogoMotlhale nope

[@batlin]

I've been playing the piano for over 30 years and never noticed this. Absolutely crazy. Really good for helping kids and adult learners get comfortable in new keys.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Crazy, right?! I think that everyone has a way of understanding these things only to find the right angle.

[@NoahHornberger]

I had this revelation while programming scales into an app a few years ago. It changed the way I approach the piano forever. Thanks for this handy trick with the paper! Also, I don't know why but it took a long time for me to realize the easiest way to play complex chords is thumb and pinky for white notes and the rest of the fingers for black notes.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes, it’s such a game changer when you see it. Fantastic that you realised it yourself. Such a buzz when it happens and so simple once you see it. Re playing big chords with finger and thumb on white keys - essential. Otherwise you are very limited.

[@f2fProfeSilva]

I just bought your material and boy... I was able to memorize all 12 major scales with the correct fingering of my right hand in half an hour. Must buy material. Thank you! Obrigado! Merci! Gracias!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Fantastic! That's amazing. Thanks for buying. Good luck with it.

[@mandolin-george-uk]

It’s clever because we as new players focus on the wide front bit of the white key we press. The shift of our attention to the back of the key reveals same size which allows us to see the pattern … it’s simple and effective . I’m surprised at the range of moaners . Very helpful indeed .

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes, you're right. It's just an attention shift. I love the reveal when it happens. Re moaners - you're always going to get them!

[@WJWeber-un7ir]

I took piano lessons as a kid, had jazz performance classes in college, and independently studied music theory for the past 12months. This video explained so much, and absolutely clicked for me.

[@martinfinnmusic]

No way! That's so interesting to hear of the breadth of your education and experience and that you can still experience the revelation!!

[@jeanadubbs9321]

Amazing! I told my piano teacher about this . She was blown away. She is in her 20’s . I’m 67- intermediate level student. Wished I had this when I was a beginner.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I love hearing that. Every day is a school day. Good luck with the playing.

[@quailstudios]

This is a great help for people who can't visualize the scales or chords in their head.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes. It really helps to demystify the keyboard and solidifies the shapes of chords and scales in people's heads. Thank you.

[@pianoman88x88]

Thank you, Mr. Finn for your work and your genius. I just bought the Big Kahuna and will use it to improve my keyboard playing. I'm 79 years old and in my five years of piano lessons, decades ago, never once was told this now-obvious way of getting better at piano. The clincher in your video was looking straight down at the rear half of the keys and realizing that any combination of fingering will directly translate between any keys. It even makes me wonder if we should consider extending the rear of the black and white keys forward so that all keys are the same size, back to front. Certainly would like to try that. The pdf's are, of course, set up for standard pianos. Many keyboards have narrower key widths. To help folks with those: we would consider sending our pdf's to the utility FinePrint. I've used this 'fine' utility for years; worth every cent. Put some scrap paper in your printer, and fiddle with different controls - enlarge, diminish, add margins, print to scrap until you find the best magnification for your keyboard. Then write down what you did, and repeat it for that keyboard. Pretty sure that should work well. I have several extra keyboards to try that on. Good luck both to you and to all of us. Jim

[@martinfinnmusic]

Hi Jim, thank you for your message. I really enjoyed reading it. Sometimes a simple reframing like this can make all the difference in your playing. I’m always keen to understand what’s going on under the hood - why and how songs work etc. Re having all the widths the same - maybe but you can be sure that there was a good reason they did it the way they did. The collective wisdom of the masters of the past can’t be beaten when it comes to refining instruments. The very best of luck with it all!!!

[@pianoman88x88]

Thank you for your response, Mr. Finn. It means a lot. Good luck. Jim DeMian

[@StacheBigote]

Definitely a great trick for learning. Especially when it comes to muscle memory. But I do think that eventually listening is going to be much more important than visualizing. If you can hear the scale/chord, transposing it will be just as easy.

[@tiermacgirl]

Interesting way to reinforce the learned theory and transform it quickly into practice opportunities

[@erikj345]

I agree any new song ive learned i can hear my mistakes instantly just knowing how the song should sound, and im 100 percent a visual learner

[@JoelHernandez-yl6yw]

As an experienced piano player I can say that the concept is not earth shattering. However, putting it in a visual like you have can most definitely help those who are starting out and learning their way around the board. Nice job

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for your kind words. Not earth shattering maybe, but can be a game changer if you didn't see it.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

It's earth shattering for those like myself who can't break through the technical jargon or visualize the spoken explanation.

[@JoelHernandez-yl6yw]

@@martinfinnmusic absolutely 👍 keep up the great work

[@kjsdestin]

As earth shattering as any totally new idea on a 300 year old instrument can be. Changes how I teach.

[@Xanaduum]

It's kind of obvious that those patterns just move up and down. But remembering those patterns when the keys look different in various positions is difficult, the idea to print cards for this really is a great idea.

[@aldermanswe]

my mind is officially blown into space 😂

[@martinfinnmusic]

I love it. I've only just recovered mine from when I saw it first!!

[@RecOgMission]

I started piano lessons at the age of 42! While learning the scales I kept thinking (and saying, to the dismay of the teacher) that all the patterns make a lot more sense if you think/implement in the full set of 12 halftones, rather than the 7 "main ones". In other words I realized the trick you've used here (and can "work it out" given enough time), although I haven't gotten anywhere close to knowing it by heart for majors, minors, arpeggios, etc.

[@martinfinnmusic]

You were on to it! So many people see it and it changes everything for them. Well done on that. Keep up the good work and you will discover all of the rest.

[@chrisjelley6899]

Thanks! Im guitar player and this is by far the most useful piano vid Ive seen. Simple and most importantly immediately usable.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much for your kind words. I'm thrilled. Yes, great for a guitar player coming to piano.

[@DementedBeast]

I’ve been playing for almost 2 decades, and this just blew my mind. I have never seen such simplicity put into something that is so hard to grasp And think once you get his guides or make your own, you only have to do it once and you have them ready for whenever you want to play forever

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much. Yes, all this is true. You only have to see this once for it to make a permanent difference to your understanding of these concepts and getting or making the guides solidifies it. :)

[@rikdriscoll2160]

Martin! This is so helpful it's quite unbelievable!! You're a star, thanks so much. With appreciation and kind regards, Rik.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Hey, thanks Rik! I’m delighted you like it and that you find it helpful. The very best of luck to you with the playing. :)

[@domorewithsage]

Read the title and cynically thought, yeah right this wont be mind blowing or a hack....I was totally wrong! Great stuff

[@martinfinnmusic]

I know! The beautiful thing is that people who didn’t know it are actually blown away. I wish I had a second revelation like it - but I don’t. Thank you. 🙏🙏

[@rosebrunais1314]

I'm a new student at 70 and scales have been the hardest part for me. I've purchased your guides and subscribed to your channel. Thank you so much! I will be sharing this with my mentor.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Wow, Rose! You've just made my day. I'm delighted that you have found my guides a help. If you are anything like me you just want to know what to play and how to play it. It opens the whole thing up. The very best of luck to you with it all. Martin :)

[@MuayThaiDreadlock]

blew my damn mind. as a producer who can only play guitar, this helps tremendously with the keyboard

[@martinfinnmusic]

Nice one! I'm delighted. Good luck with it all! :)

[@BrianAndersonTT]

We tend to think if this a lot but you actually put in the work to make a printable convenient reference. Just purchased all. Glad to contribute.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Hey, thanks for purchasing. It was a lot of work but so worth it. The process itself actually taught me a lot. If need any help with any of it, let me know. 😊

[@DesignRhythm]

Wonderful, thank you. I'm a drummer, but I want to be able to understand what the other players are doing.

[@martinfinnmusic]

My pleasure. I hope you shock them at one of the rehearsals by launching into Eb minor. :)

[@YTSparty]

Cool. It also helps to know the steps in every scale. Majors are WWH -W- WWH (W=whole step H=half step) Minor are WHW - WHW - W. This is the theory behind your chart and why it works as you move up and down the keyboard.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes, indeed, you're right. You can see the pattern jump out at you.

[@woogiebear]

I took a few lessons and grew frustrated and eventually gave up, but this video just made everything click into place for me and I am going to give it another go. thanks!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Hey, that’s fantastic. I’m delighted to hear that and I wish you the best of luck.

[@Barflew1]

Been playing guitar over 50 yrs.Dabble in keyboard occasionally.This connects the dots.I have a couple keyboards leaning against the wall.Time to put them on stands again.Very Impressed.Guitar shapes are movable too.You could easily see your inversions using these cards too. Bought the everything pack.. Best Regards

[@martinfinnmusic]

Delighted. Yes, dust off those keys. It's a sin to have them idle. :)

[@DeafbyDesign]

You bastard!!!! I love you so much!! Thank you Sir!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Haha!! Thank you. You are so welcome!

[@DJSNAKE5000]

@@martinfinnmusic😂

[@Schollii68]

It is useful to understand this but to move combinations of notes around the keyboard you'll find that learning the intervals between the notes of the chord is much faster than writing things out on a piece of paper. Eg all major chords (in any key) is a major 3rd and minor third interval. That's all you need to know. You can do this with any chord shape, 6th chords, 7th chords, sus chords, etc. Another trick is to make the shape of a chord by putting your fingers for the white notes between the black notes; you can then move your hand around the keyboard and get that same shape for any other key (you need enough muscle control to keep your hand shape exactly the same, which most beginners can't do, once you've played for a couple of months you'll be able to).

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thanks for the comment. Yes, everyone has their own way of understanding. For me, I struggled with learning scales from books. Maybe it's my ADHD, but I was impatient for the information. I wanted to just play. When I discovered this, it was the best single musical revelation I have had. :)

[@sabinekrueger9883]

This is so amazing! Thank you for sharing!! My students will love it and I had a lot of fun with testing scales and chords just now. You have a fan now in Germany 😀🎹

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I love showing this to my students. Some of them get a shock!

[@keyboardtek]

I was taught to learn the tetrachord intervals. Two groups of four note tetrachords. Learn what the intervals for one tetrachord of the C major scale and then apply it to learn the major scale in all twelve keys. One cannot go much further in understanding any theory until one learns the major scale in all keys. Your system is a visual aid to learning all the scales. After a lengthy amount of time learning the theory and improvising a lot, one then just sees the patterns and does not have to painstakingly analyze everything.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you. The method you describe is a very useful one. However we come to our realisations is unimportant I think once we have them and can move to the next level up. I am a visual learner and it works very well for those who learn this way. The very best to you in your playing!

[@aaronspain3387]

Well, you've earned yourself a new subscriber today, mate!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Hey hey! Thank you. 😊

[@knowledgeapplied]

You could do that, or you could just "force" yourself to learn WWH WWWH (whole step...half step... you get the picture) for all 12 major keys. 😊

[@martinfinnmusic]

You’re right and I did force myself back in the day but I know that if I had this system it would have been easier and would have explored more keys and types of scales and chords. 😊

[@sunpathviewer]

Learned this my first lessons as a 7 year old student. It may help for many beginners that are having difficulty in reading and increase chord memory. Learning scales along I I found helpful.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Wow! You got a good start there. Definitely great for beginners and visual learners. :)

[@steelman774]

This is a neat trick for transposing for us newer or dabbling pianists. I really like the simplicity of a piece of paper to see the move easily. This is also one of main reason I’ve played guitar so long and so little piano. Now maybe I can progress farther along than my “campfire” level of piano playing. Thanks! 😎

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much. Yes, it is as simple as I can make it. I realised when I took up the guitar as a teen that that instrument is just another series of semitones and that all instruments (in western music anyway) are set up the same. Good luck with the playing. Keep challenging yourself and practice every day. :)

[@Gichanasa]

Very nice! As a guitar player, shifting scales and modes to different keys is quite visual and intuitive, almost second nature to me... it's great to see that it is also applicable to the piano in this manner. The bigger revelation, however, coming from your short video, is that your voice is your own and not AI...

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes! You know it was when I took up the guitar as a teen from playing piano that I realised that the frets where equivalent to the back of the keys!

[@ellekenn9213]

Thank you. It's a lot faster teaching my students the scales etc..

[@4saken404]

This absolutely amazing. Crazy to think that this video didn't even exist until a few weeks ago. I don't hardly know anything about music and have been frantically dabbling in anything I can in the hopes that something sticks. To give you some idea how bad I am I literally don't even know how to play Mary Had a Little Lamb on a single instrument. But a few weeks back one of the instruments I have been dabbling in is a melodica (a breath powered mini piano for those who don't know). I started playing around with it and doing it "wrong" but I really saw the potential in the instrument. Wrong for a piano player, at any rate. But bear in mind I have no idea how to play piano! So I came up with the crazy idea to wrap my left hand around it and use it to play the black keys while my right hand fiddled with the white ones. (Poorly, I might add, because my hands don't work too well.) But after seeing this I used your blues scale to hunt up and down the keyboard until I found a combination that works for me! So now with any luck I will have completely bypassed Mary Had a Little Lamb and hope to jump right into improvisational blues! (Bonus: Due to being able to use breath control a melodica can sound more like a sax than a piano. So it's utterly perfect for this kind of thing IMO.) MIND = BLOWN. LIFE = CHANGED.

[@smclaren67]

Purchased & Printed for me (a beginner in Australia) ... so thanks, Martin !!! Just an FYI, on my MacBook Air/Cannon printer combo, the correct printing "Scale" is to "Fit to paper" ... not "Fit to printable area".

[@martinfinnmusic]

Fantastic! It’s my pleasure and thanks for that tip about the printing too.

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

One person called this crutch, maybe them it is. Not everything is for everybody. For me, this is a great tool to expand access and demystify structures and distances. I have subscribed and have sent to my daughter who is a professional vocalist and songwriter. Thank you, I am considering whether to purchase what you offer as, no guarantee I will invest the time. In any case, thank you for your amazing insight. I have a greater understanding because of you!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Great comment. The revelation alone will help you a lot but if you want to purchase I will help you whatever way I can with the guides. My email is in the store.

[@WoodyGamesUK]

It's a good hack, I think mostly it helps visualising how transposition works, for learning purposes, without the added complications of the spacing between notes being inconsistent (white notes are wider). It doesn't help beyond that on a practical level though, as whatever set of notes you want to transpose you can just do it without the time spent to bring out your piece of paper, and you have to commit those notes to memory anyway if you are going to be comfortable with them (as well as not being stuck on one single scale at most).

[@martinfinnmusic]

You're right that it works only to a certain level. You can't carry this paper everywhere! I do think though that having this little musical revelation is extremely useful at a certain point of learning.

[@tomkinnally9656]

Pretentious , self serving response. Hey look at me Teach!

[@WoodyGamesUK]

@@tomkinnally9656 Teaching is good! It's free advice, I don't look for recognition through a comment, I don't have anything to promote. You get the video, and some comments, all in one package.

[@user-bg4mh1lf1k]

Brilliant! So simple and so useful! Thanks for sharing!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes! I love the simplicity of it. I get a buzz everytime someone says it blew their minds. :)

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

I was greatly struggling to play Chopsticks in the original key. After studying this hack, I was able to perform Liszt's b-minor Sonata in all 12 transpositions with my eyes closed.

[@martinfinnmusic]

I think I may have over-shot..

[@AcmeLife]

Umm....this is absolutely mind blowing. Thank you so much ❤️

[@martinfinnmusic]

Mind blowing for sure. It still gets me sometimes!!

[@MarkBowenPiano]

This was taught to me when I was about 5 years old. Thought everyone learning piano knew this!

[@martinfinnmusic]

No way! Not everyone knows as you can see from the comments but for those that made the discovery early in life, it is obvious.

[@MarkBowenPiano]

@@martinfinnmusic Well I'm getting on a bit now but when I was a child everyone I knew who was also learning piano was being taught this. Don't know if it's in that case something that went out of favour for a while for some reason possibly? Can't think why it would have though.

[@JagiChan]

Greetings of the day Mr. Finn. Thank you for showing this innovative method; will check it out. Makes life easy to figure out scales without memorizing. Keep those good videos coming and God bless you.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for that lovely message. Yes, please use it and let me know how you progress. I'll be sticking around, don't worry!!!

[@elijahx7999]

In my music journey I’ve noticed I’ve developed or practiced playing with that concept with C as my guide. I was always in the right track I just needed confirmation I was doing the right thing . Thanks for confirming 😎

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes, you were certainly on the right track. Most piano players I know see C major as the go to "golden" key and think of everything else in reference to it. :)

[@Blue_trainn]

You’re a genius! Thanks for sharing this 🙏

[@martinfinnmusic]

I’ll take it. Thanks! 😂

[@mortengu1385]

love the simple and practical visualization ? I's also quite clear when one use the piano roll in a DAW

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you! Yes, you’re right about using MIDI on DAW. Very obvious in that setting. :)

[@DannyGmusicc]

I did chords in the same way years back this works 👏🏾

[@martinfinnmusic]

Wow. It seems that a lot of people found it out for themselves. It's such a rush when you see it for the first time.

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Thanks for sharing

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you too!

[@EndlessBatterySolutions]

Make us a thin lcd strip that we can add to ANY piano or keyboard. Just allow us to shrink or stretch it to fit as needed. Add a midi pad with 12 ke signatures and maj/min/aug/dim etc. have the whole thing run a program of a whole song and allow us to move the song forward with a foot pedal. We could then play anything at any time. Karaoke night would be “lit” Hell, add a script for every song in existence with its cord progression and we could play it all.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for the great comment. Very indepth. You are of course describing the obvious next step. That idea has been on my mind for a while now. Watch this space. Good luck with the playing!!

[@chrisbostwick7565]

Amazingly~Amazing!! Simplicity really does make the “Challenging” somewhat simple. A very good tool to aid in building that “Muscle Memory”

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you! Yes, the idea is to create a really simple entry point for people. I don't think it sacrifices anything in the process. As you say, it helps in building muscle memory. :)

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

Click bait title!!!!! 😮 wait a minute . . . NO! Absolutely brilliant 😊 . . . *SUBBED!* 👍

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you! Excuse the click baity title but I had to do it! I released the same video a few months ago and it did nothing compared to this. Right now it's going stratospheric!! :)

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

@@martinfinnmusicjust bought your lessons👍

[@daviddawkins]

Click bait that actually delivered, love it.

[@martinfinnmusic]

I love it! Thanks

[@yvonnecrozier4536]

That is so cool, thanks! Will check out your guides to speed up my application of this!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you. Please do. If you need any help, just ask. :)

[@evilAshTheDog]

Indeed! Chromatic button accordion players are likely laughing at us old-fashioned piano folks as they've never had this problem as all the buttons are arranged in equal placements. I love this idea for learning obscure scales!

[@martinfinnmusic]

They must be laughing alright! Yes, that arrangement is much more intuitive.

[@aureliomarsili3902]

Great, thanks !!!

[@martinfinnmusic]

and thank you!

[@MisterWade74]

Someone on KZbin demonstrated this previously - it may have been you - and it blew me away. However, regarding your comment saying it’s just like frets on a guitar: that’s not quite true, because the frets on a guitar are spaced more closely the further up the fretboard you go. Basically, the scale length of the guitar is the distance between the nut and the bridge saddle. The 1st fret is placed 1/22 of this distance. Then the scale length is from the 1st fret to the bridge. The 2nd fret is placed 1/22 of this new scale length, and so on until it’s quite obvious that the lower pitched frets are much wider spaced than the higher pitched frets. This means that adjustments have to be made to finger span when playing the same interval on the lower frets and higher frets.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes, I think it must have been me. Thanks for the comment and it's a very good point you make. I play guitar I know well how the spacing of the frets narrow as you move up the neck. I guess I could have picked a better example but the guitar works because people know it. My point was that each consecutive fret is a new semitone and pitch-wise is the same distance as the one on either side. You are always moving in half steps. Thank you and keep watching!

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

Bought the lessons, incredible teacher!❤️👍

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you so much, Tom. Good luck with it all!

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

This is a great idea. I had been looking for a keyboard that could highlight different keys, but then I realized I could just use small pieces of colored tape or stickers for each key. This is even better.

[@martinfinnmusic]

You were on the right track! Thanks for your comment. :)

[@hooyah_whit7054]

THANKS FOR THIS!!!!

[@martinfinnmusic]

It's my pleasure. Thank you. :)

[@yashkummar]

Wow...that is an eye opener. Thank you!!!

[@martinfinnmusic]

You’re welcome. Thank you!

[@jamesbondaygee]

This is pretty ingenious never occurred to me. This will be a great little trick for teaching my students

[@martinfinnmusic]

I know. It's there in plain sight and it took me years to notice. :)

[@christophetofdong9085]

Thanks for this incredible revelation. I've never noticed this. I will use it for my piano students.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much. Go for it!

[@michaelhackethal8187]

This is soo helpful! Thank you, Martin!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Brilliant. I'm thrilled. Thank you.

[@hotfirecaster]

Fantastic !!! 😮

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much. 🙏🙏

[@jimgans8249]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much! ❤❤

[@pjdahmen]

Awesome!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you!

[@gleannmhuire]

Excellent Martin.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you!!

[@bkmeahan]

Maybe it's because I started on guitar where everything is about intervals, it just made sense to look at the keys this way when I started learning piano.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Guitar players always see this a lot faster!

[@alabamaflip2053]

A big help. Thanks.

[@martinfinnmusic]

My pleasure!

[@mvanbaarsen]

Awesome, Martin, thank you for sharing.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you!

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

I should mention this. I have always seen a color-shape for each note, and as I analyzed this closely, I began to become convinced that our own hearing is spectral. Beginning with middle-C as red. // Therefore D is orange, E = Yellow, F# = green, Ab = Blue, and B-flat = violet (therefore B is magenta or "hot pink," which blends back into red. // Anyway, I applied this the the original Terpstra "honeycomb" keyboard invented my music theorist Siemen Terpstra. It was astounding. I could now read not only in colors, but in color shapes (I have a shape for each note, as well. And it is also "morphologicaly" spectral.) I call the chart my _Musicolor Matrix._ Anyway, please see my Matrix and _Theory of Pitch Psychology_ here on my own page. A good video to start with is called: "How I see the color-shapes when I play the piano." Or just click on the rainbow rabbit here for my page. // Would very much like to hear some reactions to what has even over 30 years of experimentation and hearing observations. Your, _Acoustic Rabbit Hole_

[@martinfinnmusic]

That's really cool. Thank you.

[@amex9863]

Fantastic!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Many thanks!

[@studio48nl]

This is 'just' the whole step half step sequence thingy, but omg 🤯, this IS the easy visualization I was looking for!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Hee hee. I know! When I saw it first I went "Wait a minute... WHAT?!!"

[@DecPlayPiano]

Very well explained

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for that. I really try to make it so.

[@metek.928]

Wonderful & Grateful

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much!

[@rgarlinyc]

Very clever Maestro Finn... You've motivated me to look further into this. Thanks a lot!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you for that. I'm delighted to have that effect on you. :)

[@ibtisammuzaffar7676]

Most beautiful. Thanks.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Most welcome 😊

[@elizabeththatcher1217]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you very much!

[@archieosco3176]

It's a visualization of the standard pattern for major scales ( whole step, whole step, half, whole, whole, whole half) and minor scales (whole, half, whole, whole, whole, whole, half)

[@martinfinnmusic]

100% - a visual for those. :)

[@archieosco3176]

Seeing it visually was an excellent idea!

[@bogotta]

Well Ill be dipped in buttermilk.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Haha! Never heard that one. :)

[@christhedemocrat]

This is so dope! Im going to buy Thanks

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you, Chris. If you are having any issues, let me know. :)

[@Romancefantasy]

Thanks!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you!

[@LibertyWarrior68]

It is the major scale formula, tone tone semi-tone tone tone tone semi-tone. This is a nice visual representation of the formula.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you! When I saw it first I couldn't believe it!

[@ifer1280]

Heh, I did just this when I started teaching piano improv! I don't recall having been shown this, I think I noticed the equal spacing and came up with this on my own

[@martinfinnmusic]

No way! That's cool. A lot of people have noticed this themselves. Great feeling when you realise. :)

[@andrewwilliams9580]

Omg I really didn't know this. I wish this was shown to me years ago.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Me too!! Thanks

[@ChrisZemdegs]

Thanks very much, really useful

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you! I'm glad. :)

[@virginianance4051]

I’m a piano teacher with 51 years of experience. If you will look in the old Progressive Series Theory Books, you will find this. I’ve known about it since I was a young student. I often make this chart on cardboard for major scaleswith my beginners so they can take it home. This is not new. Progressive Series was in use since early 39’s (not sure when it was first published, but my teacher’s father helped design it.). It went out of publication in the early 70’s.

[@jimcollinsworth]

true of so many things, lost wisdom. None the less, spectacular idea I will now use daily myself! Great job on all the new material Martin. Going to find the Progressive Series now.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thanks for the information. I know the idea is not new but to all of these people, it is!!

[@theMaryAnneR]

Not everyone took piano lessons. It is helpful to learn.

[@GrumpyOldGuy777]

​@@martinfinnmusicnew to me. Thanks for sharing!!

[@user-vf5bv6vo4b]

@@apriltoronto5254Why are you people always, and I mean ALWAYS so critical of people who just want to help others? 🙄 It’s just weird, you don’t know what’s helpful or not to others! I think it’s a brilliant idea! I wish I had something like this when I first started learning the piano 45 years ago. Of course now I’ve been doing it for so long that I have all these scales, patterns, licks, runs, arps memorized! But I can see how it might be helpful for newbies! I find your comments disgraceful, insulting, overly critical and to be honest full of jealousy! Lighten up, put yourself in this KZbinrs position, it takes a lot of work and editing to make these videos. If you don’t like it don’t watch it! Peace and happiness to you’

[@joshvigranmusic]

Wow, how have I never heard of this before?

[@martinfinnmusic]

In a nutshell - you never met me!

[@daveydumpling]

I’m a guitarist but found this fascinating

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you. The very best of luck to you!

[@Rialas]

Not useful for me as I practice playing in all keys anyway, but this is awesomely clever. Never realised this. Well done.

[@martinfinnmusic]

I hear you. I appreciate your comment. :)

[@wagohowardmusic]

I retract my previous statement. This has possibly application to help those who have given up… Thank you for the info

[@martinfinnmusic]

No problem. I really appreciate that. I think you either know it in which case it does nothing for you or you are a beginner or a visual learner and it is a genuine revelation. We both kinds in the comments!

[@2Mattjames]

Brilliant!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you!

[@pakozdiattila]

😮😲🤓 Amazing.. simple... easy... and must have... Many...many.. thanks!

[@martinfinnmusic]

Thank you so much. I made it as easy and accessible as I could.

[@CuzCutz]

Very cool and very useful !! Now I’ll have to work out how to comfortably “fit” them on my NI 61 keyboard controller.

[@martinfinnmusic]

If you need help with it, let me know. It’s all about using the scale function on your print dialog.

[@CuzCutz]

@@martinfinnmusic It won’t accept my card info! (I’ll try again soon)

[@CuzCutz]

I think maybe the “Link code” expired! Shall we try again?

[@vongreen6536]

Where was this 20yrs ago when I gave learning to play the piano

[@martinfinnmusic]

Sorry! :)

[@martinfinnmusic]

My pleasure, thanks!

[@jessesingersongwriter]

Musicians should know the formulas for scales, not sure why you'd need a piece a paper, but this is pretty cool nonetheless and probably helpful for those who haven't gone too far with theory yet.

[@martinfinnmusic]

Yes, definitely you should know the formulas or codes in your head but I believe that this is a great entry point for those who are just beginning, are visual learners or have ADHD (easily bored!)

[@JudgeFredd]

It's genius !

[@martinfinnmusic]

I'll take it!