How Do You Play Scales On A Piano?
This article will teach you how to play major scales on the piano. First you will learn some key terms that are necessary to understanding the piano and piano scales. Next you will learn the format of a major scale. After you learn that, you can pick any note on the piano and play a scale. Then you will learn the order of the sharps and flats as they introduced into the scales. Last, you will learn to proper finger positions to smoothly perform a major scale. Before even beginning to play a scale, you must learn a set of key terms to better understand the piano and be more prepared to play the major scales. Those terms are: Half step: A half step occurs when one moves to the next closest note, either higher or lower. Whole step: A whole step occurs when one skips a note, either higher or lower. Natural: Natural notes are the seven lettered notes that make up the white keys on a piano. Natural notes are C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Octave: An octave, coming from “eight,” is the group of not
