![]() ![]() And there we have our 12-note musical alphabet, upon which the music we listen to (in the Western world) is based. Remember, notes B & E do not have relative sharp notes.ģ. Each of these notes also has a relative sharp note, except for notes B & E: A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#. Let’s begin by memorizing the notes of our musical alphabet: A B C D E F GĢ. We'll learn at the keyboard together.Welcome to this Guitar Lesson on Understanding the Chromatic Scale.ġ. #A CHROMATIC SCALE HOW TO#Warm up a little by playing your C Major Scale a couple of times, and then join me in this tutorial on how to play chromatic scales on your piano. Now that you know what a Chromatic Scale is - a scale that has 12 notes in it, and where all of the notes are 1/2 step apart from each other you're ready to learn how to play them on your piano. This is one of the biggest differences between Major & Minor Scales, and Chromatic Scales. Were you aware before that when you were playing a Major or Minor Scale that you skipped some of the black keys? That's because not all of your notes are just 1/2 step apart - some are whole steps apart. *These 1/2 steps are also called "semi-tones" You'll play every black and white key between your first and last notes. Because you play every single 1/2 step in the scale, you end up playing 12 notes, 4 additional ones, instead of just 8. So essentially, you play every 1/2 step, instead of skipping some like you do in a Major or Minor Scale. When you play a Chromatic Scale, you play every single note starting from the first one. You will still play from the bottom or first note up to the note that is an octave higher, but you will play every single note in between the two, thus making each scale containg 12 steps, instead of 8.Ī C Major Scale would include the following notes:Ĭ, D, E, F, G, A, B, C - with no sharps or flats on any of the notes.ĭo you see the additional notes in this Chromatic Scale that aren't in the regular Major Scale? Can you tell what the difference is? If you remember, traditional scales have 8 notes in them, and that 8 note distance between the bottom and the top note is known as an octave.Ĭhromatic Scales have 12 notes in them, not 8. ![]() They are fun to play too, once you get the concept down. ![]() Chromatic Scales are very different from the more traditional Major and Minor Scales that most of us know. There really are quite a few different types of scales - here are a few of them. Once you've learned your Major and Minor Scales, you'll start to learn other types of scales. Both Major and Minor Scales have 8 notes in them, and the last note is an octave (8 notes) higher than the first note, yet it is the same note. Major and Minor scales are very common and are the first kind of scales that we learn. How about any other types of C scales that you might know.can you think of one? What about a C Minor Scale? In fact, the first note you probably learned was Middle C, and in so doing, you learned the 1st note of the C Major Scale. If you've just started taking piano lessons or even if you have been studying for awhile, think back to one of the first things you probably are learning, or learned - a C Major Scale. Same with music and scales, especially when you want to write and play your own music. You can't speak the language if you don't know the right words to use to express your ideas. Scales are the building blocks of music so it is said, and I believe it. ![]()
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