The simple visuals on Nancy DeHaven Scale Fingering Groups Printable help you quickly see the fingering patterns/relationships of scale groups although I use different names for the groups.
The Thinking Theory Scale Reminder Videos below demonstrate one-octave scale fingering played on the keyboard with a quick reminder of which sharps or flats to play.
Singing in piano lessons has many benefits.
It fine-tunes a musician's ear-training skills. This enables them to play melodies by ear as they recognize intervals quickly. It also speeds up the ability to transpose music to different keys. I've found that my piano students who are willing to sing as they play self-correct errors in their playing more quickly than those who don't.
Most classical and pop music is based on the familiar major or minor scale patterns also known as Ionian and Aeolian modes. Less often used modes create a variety of moods.
Listen to examples in this video of how switching the tonal center of a piece to a different starting note of the C scale creates a different feeling.
Cadences in music are usually the two chords at the end of a phrase.
You can compare them to punctuation marks in sentences.
Some phrases leave you feeling like the song isn't finished. What comes next?
Other cadences sound final like you are finally at the end of the song!
Click Teoria.com Cadences to listen to the samples of different types of cadences.
or test your ear skills as you listen to this video with sample cadences.
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