Watch this video to learn about the C Major Scale. You know this scale as the “do – re – mi” scale.
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Transcript:
C Major Scale – playing the C major scale on the piano
So let’s get right into it. Introducing the C Major Scale!
So, what is the C Major Scale, you ask? The simple answer is it’s just the white keys played from C to C. The Major scale is the scale I’m sure you already know as “Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do.” The major scale is important because written music on the staff relates directly to it and also shows us how notes may deviate from it. We will use the scale more extensively later in the book.
Let’s look at the major scale on page 19. First we’ll play the C Major scale with the right hand. Follow the fingering here, it goes, 1, 2, 3, then tuck your thumb behind your middle finger, 1 on F, 2, 3, 4, 5. Again it goes, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Try to make it steady and smooth.
Now we’ll try the left hand. Same type of fingering, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, we’re starting on C, and we’re going to the left and we’re going down. So, here we go, 1,2,3, tuck your thumb behind your middle finger, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Let’s try that again, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Now once you get comfortable playing both of those, separately, we’ll try it together. I’m going to do that right now. Starting with both thumbs on middle C, C major scale in contrary motion. So it looks harder than it actually is, because you’re doing the same thing with both hands. So here we go, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Try that again. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Now let’s try it in the opposite direction. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1. Try that again, 5,4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1.