New Lesson

Scales: The Foundation

⏱ 15 min ★ ★★☆☆☆ 🏆 60 XP 📋 Quiz ≈ ABRSM Grade 6-7

Why Scales Are Non-Negotiable Scales are not “boring exercises” — they are the VOCABULARY of piano technique. 80% of the passages in classical, jazz, and popular piano music are based on scales or scale fragments. A pianist who can play all major and minor scales fluently at ♩=120+ can sight-read and learn pieces dramatically FASTER than one who cannot —...

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Subscribe & Learn

Upgrade to Premium to unlock this lesson and all advanced content.

Next Lesson →
Apply the technique

Songs you can play with this

Sheet music at the same level — read, listen, play. Bring the lesson back to the keyboard.

Score

Solace – A Mexican Serenade

The transition from late-nineteenth-century ragtime to the sophisticated "Mexican" serenades of the early twentieth century represents a pivotal…

Open score
Score

Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5

The Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 is one of the most iconic works in the…

Open score
Score

Mozart Sonata Facile K. 545

The Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, widely known as the "Sonata Facile" (Simple Sonata),…

Open score
Score

To a Wild Rose Op. 51 No. 1

Edward MacDowell’s "To a Wild Rose" is the quintessential American piano miniature. Published in 1896 as the first movement of…

Open score