12 major scales and chord groups: One-octave and two-octave scales, I, IV and V chords, tonic chord inversions and arpeggios, all on one sheet for each key! G Major Scale and Arpeggio Free Sheet Music for Piano. Literally Hundreds of FREE Printable Sheet Music PDF's for well known Classical Piano Pieces. Gemstone Scale Cards. Bangla Typing Tutor Pdf To Jpg on this page. Similar to the triad cards, students fill in the middle notes of the scale, given a starting and ending note. Scales can be major or minor.

What do all the major scales have in common? They all share the same pattern of whole and half steps! Actually, there is only one major scale pattern, but it can be transposed (moved) to start from any note. Of course the scales do not look the same, since each piano scale has its own specific pattern of black and white keys. You also need to adjust the for most piano scales so they are comfortable to play. But quite a few scales actually share the same fingering, and these are also the easiest to begin with.

The not-so-secret formula for a major scale is all about the distance () from one note to the next. From one note to the next there is either a whole step (tone) or a half step (semitone).

The specific pattern of steps for a major scale (ascending) is: (any starting note)-whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half. Free Printable 12 Major Scales (PDF) Here is a study guide organized in the order I would advise you to learn the 12 major scales. Follow this step by step, and you’ll be the Major Scale Master in no time! But start by printing your free major scales (the links open in a new window). The first seven of the 12 major scales all start on a white key. The first 5 of those use exactly the same piano fingering patterns: • Right hand 123-1234 (5 for stopping and turning), and Left hand (5) 4321-321. Learning these first and really setting the fingering patterns, makes it easier to learn the rest of the scales.

• F and B major keep the basic fingering in one hand but has to change in the other. • B major is by using all 5 black keys also preparing you for the last scales in the second group. C major scale The C major scale is the only major scale without black keys, so it’s easy to begin with. The fingering you learn will be used in the next 4 scales as well. So take time to learn it, it really pays back later!