Major scale fingerings on the piano can be super frustrating. I am not the only one who was handed a sheet of scale fingerings to memorize, which left me unable to play them in all 12 keys until I WAS IN COLLEGE. This tutorial is for anyone who has been trying to master these darn fingerings and hasn't found an easy way. THIS IS THE EASY WAY!!
I teach you the Three Rules of Scale Fingerings, and I take you step-by-step through all 12 keys to show you how to get this together once and for all. You've got this!!
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:18 About Brenda Earle Stokes
00:28 Video overview: One octave scale fingerings on the piano
00:42 The importance of practicing scales
01:11 The importance of practicing your major scales in 12 keys
01:54 Why Brenda doesn’t recommend hands together scales for beginner level players
02:27 The point of having specific scale fingerings
02:48 Brenda’s story of not being able to play major scales in 12 keys
04:01 Rule No.1: Scale fingering
04:51 Rule No.2: Move with the largest possible finger grouping
05:25 Rule No.3: Fingering stays the same in both directions
05:40 How to practice scale fingering on the piano
06:42 Standard C Major fingering
09:59 Brenda’s recommendation of getting your hands together while practicing scale fingering
10:55 Benefit of playing scales in the solid form
11:54 Keys that share the same fingering as the standard c major key
12:42 What to keep in mind when adding black notes into the mix
13:34 F major and B major keys fingering
16:49 Practicing piano fingering on keys that start on a black note
20:56 Observing the topography of the piano while you practice
21:38 Key of Gflat piano fingering
23:03 Video recap
24:01 Outro
8 июл 2024