IMPORTANCE OF REALLY PRACTICING THE MAJOR SCALE ON ALL 12 KEYS

The first thing we are learning, which is the basic, but very important part of music is to practice the major scale (this is the scale upon which most music/songs are written) on all 12 keys.

This is one of the best ways to train your fingers to move across the keyboard with ease.

It’s always best to use the proper fingering technique so that you don’t put too much stress on your hands. I use the spider technique where your hand hovers over the keys and your finger press the notes. (SEE IMAGE BELOW)

This way your hand is lined up over each note before you press down to play it.

Practice playing each of these scales in one octave and later, in two octaves using the proper fingering at the beginning of your practice time.

The purpose of this lesson is to train your fingers to move over the keyboard. No speed or technique is necessary when practicing, at least for starting. But as you go along and you think you are getting efficient with the scale running, you can speed up.

Don’t rush to get there in one practice session, the idea is to be as accurate as possible. This will help you when we begin to cover other piano runs later on during this course.

Remember, practice right hand first, then left hand. And if you are daring, do both hands at the same time and send me the video clip.

NOTE: Please pay adequate attention to this major scale exercise as you will need to know how to play scales when forming various major chords.

• Other importance of scale practise are as follows:
• Improves the independence of each of your fingers.
• Helps to acquire different dexterities that will allow you to switch fingers smoothy.
• Helps to know the geography of the piano (by playing on different scales and places on the piano).
• Fine-tunes your rhythmic sense and your ability to express different types of hand and body movements on the piano.

You got the picture?...Let's practice! 

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