Melodies in minor keys often use this particular pattern of accidentals, so instrumentalists find it useful to practice melodic minor scales. Join pianogroove pro to access all downloads and learning resources. Major and natural minor scales for piano with fingerings. All minor scales all guitar scales tabs pdf all major scales piano pdf.
Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. You can play this sequence of steps beginning on any note, and youll have a natural minor scale. Go to the main piano scales page for major scales, pentatonic scales, scale modes and information about what makes up a scale. Remember that for the melodic minor scale, when descending, you play the natural minor scale. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free in pdf or midi print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales. Its also true to say that the c major scale is the relative major of a minor. The minor scale sequence is whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. The a minor scale is called the relative minor scale of the c major scale. Return from minor scales to piano lessons info homepage. Natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all minor scales, starting from note c. Heres a diagram of the melodic g minor scale on piano. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature.
This scale can sometimes confuse people because it is in a way identical to the major scale. The scale is often interpreted as more melancholic scale in relationship with the major scale. The thesaurus is arranged in the form of piano scales and melodic studies. Comparison among c major, a natural minor, a harmonic minor and a melodic minor scales.
Major scales and key signatures s o, now you can use the letters a through g to name notes on the treble and bass staff and accidentals to create major and minor seconds, aka, whole and half steps if you cant do this yet, stop here, go back to the previous chapters, and practice until you can. Im the creator of several websites, including the hightraffic website. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. Learn the natural minor scale for piano in every key. Harmonic minor scale, natural and melodic minor scale menorca map pdf and piano chords chart for. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales. Download free minor scales and piano chords chart key of am.
However some uptempo pieces are written in this sort of scale. Ascending, the 6th and 7th degrees of the natural minor scale are raised 12 step. Relative minor, natural, melodic, harmonic scale tutorial. List of all natural minor scales there are 12 natural minor scales. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale. Make it your goal to be able to play minor scales in every key in music. Learning all 15 natural minor scales on piano may initially seem like another daunting challenge, especially since you just finished conquering the major scales. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. How to form a natural minor scale piano theory exercises. This is, because there exists only one type of major scales, but there are 3 types of minor scales. Keyboard theory and piano technique music lauren schack clark. The natural minor scale has the following scale formula. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. Single octave natural minor scales with fingerings for piano.
Use the scale chart generator below to help you learn the harmonic minor scales in any key and just about any kind of guitar. The only difference is the a minor scale starts on the sixth note of the c major scale. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie. The harmonic minor scales are used in all types of music from classical to metal. All melodic minor scales pdf major minor scales pdf. A minor scale a b c d e f g a ww e minor scale e f. Eventually, you should be able to play each scale with both hands, ascending and descending, four octaves. You can learn how to form other melodic and harmonic minor scales at our main piano music scales section. Dec 31, 2017 learning these three scales in the key of a is a crucial step towards knowing how minor scales for piano work, but dont stop here. Print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales clarinette gammes mineures naturelles 1 octave.
Free pdf downloads of c major, c harmonic minor, and more. Melodic minor the melodic minor scale is different ascending and descending. The pentatonic scale pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five. All the scales here are in one octave, but you can of course practice each piano scale in as many octaves and in any tempo you like. Jun 02, 2016 there are three kinds of minor scales. They usually have a sort of dark yet exotic sound when used yngwie malmsteen uses them. Do you know that all chords are derived from scales. List of all natural minor scales piano music theory. The solution below shows the c minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef the lesson steps then explain how to identify the c minor scale note interval positions, choose the note names, and scale degree names. A free collection of printable piano scales with fingering.
Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free. Of course, if you have only been playing harmonic minor in the previous grades, this may be a bit overwhelming you are required to learn all 12 melodic minor scales for grade 6, so it is always better to start learning them 12 grades earlier after you have mastered the harmonic minor scales, to avoid confusion. Jun 01, 2016 list of all natural minor scales there are 12 natural minor scales. W h w w h w w a half step h is the distance between two adjacent keys on a piano keyboard, and.
Natural minor scales clarinet lexcerpts sheet music. A natural minor d natural minor 36 minor scales unlike the major scale, there are 3 types of minor scale. Each minor scale has a different use and application in jazz piano and so learning how to construct and apply each one is a vital skill. This scale can be abstracted from the characteristic movement of minor key melodies where the raised seventh acts as a leading note in the ascending direction the sixth is raised to avoid an augmented interval between the sixth and seventh degrees. Apr 07, 2014 i am the author of 14 piano lessons and music theory books, including several amazon best sellers. Piano scales sheet music to help beginners get the right hand shape for scales and. First of all, why do i say natural minor scale, and not simply minor scale i also called a major scale just major scale without any other specification. Knowing how to play piano scales effectively will help you improvise as well as create song melodies. Printable piano music scales in all major and harmonic minor keys. The pattern shown in the diagrams below can be played all over the keyboard and with both hands. Major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale. Music theory fundamentals 40 right hand fingerings above, left hand fingerings below. Close related to the minor scales are these arpeggios, based on major triads threenote chords.
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