Complete Course: Scales And Arpeggios For Piano And Keyboard

Learn Scales, Contrary Motion, Chromatic Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and more in this complete Piano Scales Course

What you'll learn

This is the ultimate complete guide to scales, arpeggios, broken chords, chromatic scales, and contrary motion.

Learn to play Major Scales for ALL KEYS on the piano or keyboard

Learn to play Minor Scales - Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor and Natural Minor for all keys on the piano or keyboard

Learn how to form major and minor scales

Learn to play chromatic scales starting from on key on the piano or keyboard

Learn to play contrary motion for any key (major and minor) on the piano or keyboard

Learn what are tonic triads

Learn to play arpeggios for all keys on the piano or keyboard

Requirements

Have a keyboard or piano to follow the lessons

Description

Welcome to this complete Scales for Piano and Keyboard Course written for piano and music beginners. I'm RL your instructor, and I'll show you how to play scales on a piano or keyboard, and also bring you behind the scene to understand why you are playing the scales and arpeggios this way!This is the most COMPLETE scales course that you can find. Here's what you'll get in this course.In this course, you'll learn how to play the following:LEARN TO PLAY ALL THE MAJOR SCALES ON THE PIANO OR KEYBOARDYes, we are learning ALL the SCALES i.e. C Major, D, Major, E Major, F Major, G, Major, A Major, B Major, C#/D♭ Major, E♭ Major, F#/ G♭ Major, A♭ Major, B♭ Major). In this video course, I will guide you step-by-step how to play each and every one of them! You'll also get tips and tricks on how to play them easily.FORM YOUR OWN SCALES WITHOUT MEMORISINGYou'll learn how major scales are formed, and how to derive the notes in the scale yourself (Even if you do not know music theory or sheet music)LEARN TO PLAY ALL THE MINOR SCALES ON THE PIANO OR KEYBOARDYes, we are learning ALL the MINOR Scales. And when I say all the minor scales, it doesn't only mean C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C#/D♭, E♭, F#/ G♭, A♭, B♭ Minor, but the various types of minor –- natural minor, harmonic minor and melodic minor.FORM YOUR OWN MINOR SCALES WITHOUT MEMORISINGYou'll learn how minor scales are formed, and how to derive the notes in the scale yourself (Even if you do not know music theory or sheet music)LEARN TO PLAY CHROMATIC SCALE STARTING ON ANY NOTE ON THE PIANO OR KEYBOARDYou'll learn an easy way to play chromatic scale starting on any note.LEARN ABOUT CHORDS – TONIC TRIADSWe'll learn what are tonic triads, and how to form them for each major and minor key.LEARN TO ARPEGGIOS ON THE PIANO OR KEYBOARD You'll learn step-by-step through our piano video tutorials how to play the arpeggios for each Major and Minor key.Understand why you use the fingering youGetting the right fingerings is essential to be able to play scales and arpeggios smoothly. In this course, you'll get to understand why you use these fingerings! Is this what you are looking for? Then what are you waiting for? I'll see you inside my course!This course does not require knowledge of how to read sheet music. We'll be using the piano/ keyboard to look at the notes we'll be playing. This is the most complete scales and arpeggios course you can find. At the end of the course, you'll not only learn how to play all these scales, but also how come up with your own fingerings for other types of scales and so on.About RL WongHi, I'm RL Wong your instructor, and I have been playing the piano for more than 2 decades, and have taught many students how to play the piano.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Checklist of Scales and Arpeggios you'll learn

Lecture 3 Download the Checklist

Section 2: Basics of Piano/ Keyboard and Music

Lecture 4 About this section

Lecture 5 Notes on the Piano

Lecture 6 Finding Middle C

Lecture 7 How to position yourself

Lecture 8 How to curve your fingers?

Lecture 9 Fingerings

Section 3: C Major Scales

Lecture 10 C Major Right Hand - 1 Octave

Lecture 11 C Major Left Hand - 1 Octave

Lecture 12 C Major Both Hands - 1 Octave

Lecture 13 C Major Right Hand - 2 Octaves

Lecture 14 Beyond 2 Octaves - Right Hand

Lecture 15 C Major Left Hand - 2 Octaves

Lecture 16 Beyond 2 Octaves - Left Hand

Lecture 17 C Major Both Hands - 2 Octaves

Lecture 18 More on C Major fingerings

Lecture 19 C Major Contrary Motion

Section 4: Turn

Lecture 20 About turning

Section 5: Major Scales - Music Theory

Lecture 21 Tone and Semitone

Lecture 22 Sharps and Flats

Lecture 23 Forming Major Scales

Lecture 24 Exercise: Find the notes in all the Major Scales

Section 6: Major Scales

Lecture 25 About this section

Lecture 26 D Major Scale - Right Hand

Lecture 27 D Major Scale - Left Hand

Lecture 28 D Major Scale - Both Hands

Lecture 29 D Major Contrary Motion

Lecture 30 E Major Scale - Right Hand

Lecture 31 E Major Scale - Left Hand

Lecture 32 E Major Scale - Both Hands

Lecture 33 E Major Contrary Motion

Lecture 34 G Major Scale - Right Hand

Lecture 35 G Major Scale - Left Hand

Lecture 36 G Major Scale - Both Hands

Lecture 37 G Major Scale - Contrary Motion

Lecture 38 A Major Scale - Right Hand

Lecture 39 A Major Scale - Left Hand

Lecture 40 A Major Scale - Both Hands

Lecture 41 A Major Scale - Contrary Motion

Section 7: More Major Scales

Lecture 42 F Major Scales Right Hand

Lecture 43 Why this fingering?

Lecture 44 F Major Scales Left Hand

Lecture 45 F Major Scales - Both Hands

Lecture 46 F Major Contrary Motion

Lecture 47 B Major Scales Right Hand

Lecture 48 B Major Scales Left Hand

Lecture 49 Why this fingering?

Lecture 50 B Major Scales - Both Hands

Lecture 51 B Major Contrary Motion

Section 8: Minor Scales - Music Theory

Lecture 52 Minor Scales

Lecture 53 Exercise: Find the notes in the minor scales

Section 9: Minor Scales Part 1

Lecture 54 C Natural Minor

Lecture 55 C Harmonic Minor

Lecture 56 C Melodic Minor

Lecture 57 C minor contrary motion: Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor

Lecture 58 Derive the Fingering of white key minor scales

Lecture 59 Exercise: Derive the fingerings of the white key minor scales

Lecture 60 Answers

Lecture 61 Practice these minor scales

Section 10: Black Keys Major and Minor Scales

Lecture 62 D Flat Major (C# Major) Right Hand

Lecture 63 D Flat Major (C# Major) Left Hand

Lecture 64 D Flat Major (C# Major) Both Hands

Lecture 65 D Flat Major (C# Major) Contrary Motion

Lecture 66 Using 2

Lecture 67 Derive the fingerings for other black keys major and minor scales

Lecture 68 Assignment: Find the fingerings for each black key major and minor scales

Lecture 69 Answers: Find the fingerings for each black key major and minor scales

Lecture 70 Practice these black key major and minor scales

Section 11: Chromatic Scales

Lecture 71 Chromatic Scale - Right Hand

Lecture 72 Chromatic Scale - Left Hand

Lecture 73 Chromatic Scale - Both Hands

Section 12: Chords and Tonic Triads

Lecture 74 What are tonic triads

Lecture 75 Exercise: Form the tonic triads

Lecture 76 Forming arpeggios from tonic triads

Lecture 77 Exercise: Form the notes for the arpeggios

Section 13: Arpeggios

Lecture 78 Arpeggios Fingerings - Part 1

Lecture 79 Arpeggios Fingerings Part 1

Lecture 80 C Major Arpeggio

Lecture 81 F# Major Arpeggios

Lecture 82 Practice these arpeggios

Lecture 83 Arpeggios Fingerings - Part 2

Lecture 84 B Flat Major Arpeggios

Lecture 85 Practice these arpeggios

Lecture 86 B Flat Minor Arpeggios

Anyone who wants to learn scales, arpeggios and chromatic scales on the piano or on the keyboard