Scales, arpeggios and cadences, two octaves margaret denton, piano major scales, arpeggios, and cadences, 2 octaves these scales are arranged pianistically by groups according to fingering patterns to facilitate memorization harmonic form of the minor scale is shown. I,iv and v degree of the natural minor key ii degree of the melodic minor key. Basic scales are a great way to teach your hands how to play independently, and theyre a gateway towards understanding basic chords and how to play within keys. Free piano scale fingering diagrams music matters blog. Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor are simply various forms of the minor scale. The other two are the natural minor and the melodic minor. The minor scale sequence is whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. In other words, they are all versions of a minor scale, with slight but significant differences among each. You can play this sequence of steps beginning on any note, and youll have a natural minor scale.
Learn the natural minor scale for piano in every key. There are three types of minor scales and we shall take a look at all of them here. All harmonic minor scales in 1 octave with flats, including note names, fingering and a musicscores theory sheet theory of a harmonic minor scale. Melodic minor scales in 1 octave with up to 2 sharps, including note names, fingering and a musicscores theory sheet how to make up a melodic minor scale. While there is only one major scale, three different variations of the minor scale exist. Natural minor in order to create a natural minor scale, we simply start with the major scale and lower the 3rd, 6th, and 7th scale degrees by a halfstep. List of all natural minor scales piano music theory. Learning all 15 natural minor scales on piano may initially seem like another daunting challenge, especially since you just finished conquering the major scales. Students identify the distance between pitches of a pictured scale, then identify it as major or natural minor. D minor scale, natural, harmonic and melodic piano. Free major and minor scales for piano sheet music dion moult.
Building piano scales major, minor, etc in all keys. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. If you need staff paper, you may print the staff paper12 pdf file. Scales are the stepbystep sequencing of the notes found in keys.
These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students. Free piano exercise 1octave harmonic minor scales in 12 keys. Public domain the scales are broken down into 6 groups. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely. List of all natural minor scales there are 12 natural minor scales. Playing scales on piano has the added benefit of encouraging visual memory. All all free sheet music sheet music books digital sheet music musical equipment. All minor scales illustrated with pictures including notes and fingerings.
The best place to start introducing piano fingering exercises is major and minor scales. Proving how incredibly impactful just one note can be, the only difference between this scale and the natural minor scale is the sharped 7th scale degree. Designed for use with the scale step cards available in theory flashcard section. Each scale has a different use and application in jazz piano.
Harmonic minor scale and chords, natural and melodic minor. 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. The set pattern of intervals for the notes of the natural minor scale is. Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical ie. Print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales. They are the pure or natural minor scale, harmonic minor scale and the melodic minor scale. Printable piano music scales in all major and harmonic minor keys. Select landscape mode to get best results printing it out.
The main scales of western music are major and minor scales. Remember that for the melodic minor scale, when descending, you play the natural minor scale. How to form natural minor scales on piano or keyboard youtube minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic duration. The key difference between major and minor scaes is that notes on a major scale sound bright and cheerful, while notes on a minor scale sound solemn and sad. Natural minor scales sheet music composed by jeffery schoenberger 1 of 3 pages. This scale starts on the sixth degree of its relative major scale. Barbara murphy university of tennessee school of music major and minor scales half and whole steps. You can learn how to form other melodic and harmonic minor scales at our main piano music scales section. Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor music theory online. The harmonic minor differs from the natural minor by the sharpened seventh note, and this minor scale is consequently not played in the same. Major triad names consist of the leading note only, hence no short name is shown for them here. The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music.
Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales. This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all harmonic minor scales, starting from note c. 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. Natural minor scales clarinet lexcerpts sheet music. These are perfect, thank you so much for putting this together. This is, because there exists only one type of major scales, but there are 3 types of minor scales the natural minor scale. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. The 14 most common and usable guitar scales printable and ready to use 1. We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7 th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6 th and 7 th scale degree ascending, revert to. The scale in all keys can be downloaded as a pdffile. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. As with all other scales that your play, multiply the benefits to your piano playing foundation by following them with arpeggios, a cadence, and a.
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. Heres a diagram of the melodic c minor scale on piano. Have a look at the sheet music for the a melodic minor scale. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. Includes fingering annotation and typeset in latex, exported in pdf format. 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.
In order to build an a harmonic minor scale we simply play the natural minor scale, but raise the 7th note. How to form a natural minor scale piano theory exercises. In the melodic minor scale, the sixth and seventh notes of the. You can see from the sheet music below how the 7th. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. I recommend the complete book of scales, chords and arpeggios from alfreds. The sound of the harmonic scale is somewhat characterized by the music of the middle east.
Print and download in pdf or midi natural minor scales clarinette gammes mineures naturelles 1 octave. Single octave natural minor scales with fingerings for piano. Download free piano sheet music for major, minor harmonic, and minor melodic scales for all keys. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free. Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. Short name without a leading note and number of chords of a given type are given in and the respectively. Teach yourself all the natural minor scales for piano with easy scale charts. Natural minor scales sheet music for piano download free in pdf. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale. They are the natural, melodic and harmonic minor scales.