Scales & Arpeggios in PDF

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

Improvising Chord progrssions into Rock and Blues Arpeggios

I've noticed in the Piano improvisations of rock and pop songs I like use a special kind of arpeggio like in this video: CLick here! How do you learn that kind of arpeggio what kind is that? Is it just a arpeggio with notes left out? I want to know ho

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

Arpeggios, Dominate 7th's and Diminished 7th's

OK .. Hi Again .. Although I understood these & Andrew said that they are not so important .. (or more advanced) But I wanna ask what is the importance of these .. Just to end a piece ??

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?

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

Englishman, in Scotland, just starting keys, for psychedelic organ!!

Hi all, I've been wanting to learn keyboards for a while, to start getting into Hammond (and other) psychedelic organ sounds of The Doors Ray Charles or more recently The Charlatans Many of my friends are musicians of long-standing and much

What's Your favorite scale?

I was just wondering what everyone's favorite scale is. Personally my favorite is Db major, it's great because you thumb is used on the white keys and the rest of the fingers are on the black. This scale fits your hand VERY naturally. I just love

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