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How to practice scales

I've got a scale book that has fingerings for all scales in parallel and contrary motion plus parallel motion in thirds and sixths. It also contains major/minor triads, cadences and arpeggios for each key. The question is: should I take one scale or key a

Minor scales (three different scales?)

Hello, I wonder why there are so many differences between the different minor scales. There are: -The harmonic minor scale -the melodic minor scales (going up) -the melodic minor scales going down. Why are there so many different minor

question on contrary motion scales

Hello, I started playing piano two years ago and I've played scales for a few months now. First I play them reading the sheets, then I try to play looking at the keyboard and finally I play without looking at the keyboard. So far (up to 3 sharps and 3

why learn scales?

I don't really like to do anything where i dont understand the purpose of it, so how exactly does practicing scales relate to becoming a good player?

Learning the Major Scales

Hello everyone! So, I'm a newbie that's been studying for a couple of weeks and I am currently learning the Major scale. I got it down so I can play pretty much any of the 12 scales at pretty high speed so I guess thats the good news. The bad news is

long wire harmonic

The long wire harmonic antenna is not efficient. ONly half of the power it receives from the transmitter is radiated, and half is since only half of the e lectromagnetic energy

Scales tempo

Does anyone know what approx speed/tempo a student is expected to reach when playing scales/broken chords etc for each grade?

Tropical cyclone scales

Tropical systems are officially ranked on one of several tropical cyclone scales according to their maximum sustained winds and in what oceanic basin they are located. Only a few scales of classifications are used officially by the meteorological agencies

Blues scale modes?

I have a guitar book and it has a mode 1,2,3,4, and 5 of the Blues scale along with all the other cool scales it has. I've been wondering about this for a while it seems we have Dorian, Aolien, and locrian and such and Phrygian Dominant among others for 7

Dorian Mode, Solfege, and Figure Base

Hello, Just as the title says; I think it would be really cool if you could give an in-depth view on Dorian Modes, Figure Base, and Solfege and how they apply to playing piano. This is stuff we are learning right now in my music theory class and

The Fundamentals of Piano Practice

Some time ago I found this book about the topic of piano practice. It's free online (link: http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book) but you can also buy the book from amazon.com. Anyways, I've read through it and there are lots of interesting things in ther

Practicing one scale a day and repeat at end of week.

I've been lately having problems with my scales and I want to be able to play them all very fast, precise, and smooth, the problem is , is that nomatter how much I want to play them all everyday, I just don't have the energy. Now I asked my piano teacher

Become a piano genious in 6 months GUIDE //COMPLETE!

This thread will be my own personal guide and tips for you all who wants to be good at Improvising on the piano. Ok, I'll start off with myself. I started playing the piano for 6-7 months ago. From the beginning I watched youtube videos where they show