| Music scales are a vital part of a student's musical | | | | Signature. |
| education. They help the student understand the | | | | -- The relative major and minor scales. |
| patterns of sharps and flats in the tremendous array | | | | -- The tonic major and minor scales. |
| of music that they can play on the piano. And they | | | | -- And so much more! |
| train the student in fingering techniques and fluency in | | | | There are simple patterns to be found in all of this too, |
| playing. | | | | that occur over and over again throughout the scales |
| So often, though, students find it a nightmare to master | | | | facts you need to learn! |
| all the scales facts and fingering patterns they need to | | | | For example, there can be up to seven sharps written |
| learn for their examinations. All this would be so much | | | | in the Key Signature of a piece of music. You will see |
| easier if students noticed the clear patterns that exist | | | | these sharps written just after the treble or bass clef |
| in the structure of piano scales. | | | | in sheet music. |
| Scale Fingering | | | | How can you easily remember the order in which |
| Did you realize that nearly half of the Major, Harmonic | | | | these seven sharps are written on the staff? |
| Minor and Melodic Minor Scales share just one | | | | The order of the sharps written in the Key Signature |
| fingering pattern? | | | | is: |
| This pattern, for the right hand ascending, is: 1 2 3 1 2 3 | | | | F C G D A E B |
| 4 5 | | | | To remember this, just say: |
| And amongst the remaining scales, many clear | | | | Freddy Can Go Down And Eat Buns! |
| patterns of fingering can also be seen that can help | | | | That's much easier than trying to learn the pattern off |
| the observant student master those vital examination | | | | by heart, isn't it! |
| scales. | | | | This same pattern can be seen in several other spots |
| Scales Facts and Figures | | | | too amongst the facts and figures on music scales. |
| How can you learn all the facts and figures about | | | | Paying attention to the clear patterns that exist in the |
| scales? For example: | | | | structure of music scales can save the music student |
| -- The numbers of sharps and flats in each scale. | | | | immense amounts of time and effort as they study for |
| -- The order of the sharps and flats in the scales. | | | | their music exams. |
| -- The order of the sharps and flats in the Key | | | | |