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PIANO LESSON - PLAYING G & D MAJOR SCALES ON THE PIANO. (LEARN PIANO LESSONS TODAY)

It has been a while since our last piano/keyboard lesson. In our last piano lesson  an article was done on the concept of major scales. The term "Major Scale" was defined and illustrations were showning how to play the C major scale on the piano.

Today I will be showing you some illustration as to how you can play the G and D major with the right and left hand on the piano.

For those of you who would like to view the previous piano lesson on major scales you can click here.

Let's begin! First let us take a look at both G and D major scales.

G Major Scale

D Major Scale

It is very important that you look carefully at the notes used for each scale. In G major scale you will play the all the notes in the natural or white key except for F sharp. When playing the D major scale you will play D, E, G, A, B as natural keys but F sharp and C sharp will be played on the specific black key assigned to them.

If you are not clear as to how to find the sharp keys, please click here for a lesson on that topic.

Below are illustrations showing you how to play the G and D major scale on the piano. Please try and analyse the techniques used.

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR G MAJOR SCALE

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ILLUSTRATIONS FOR D MAJOR SCALE

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 NB - (RIGHT FINGERS IN ILLUSTRATION 2 FOR D MAJOR SCALE SHOULD BE LEFT FINGERS)

The illustrations are clear and simple, once you have the basic knowledge of the letters of the keyboard then you will be able to play them.
Play each scale slowly first then increase in speed as you go along. Play the scales using each hand separately until you can play them fluently. Then try playing the scales using both hands at the same time.


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Music lessons - Free piano, guitar and music theory lessons for children and adults.

Hi! Today is an excellent day to take advantage of the free music lessons that I have posted on my blog. I have provided articles on the following;

Music Theory
Piano Lessons for Beginners
Guitar Lessons for Beginners

It is my intention to posted as much musical articles for those persons who want to do a career in music or just wish to have music as a part of their daily or weekly activities.

Feel free to take a look at each article located to the right side of this blog.

Have a wonderful day and look out for the next lesson.

MUSIC THEORY - THE LETTER NAMES OF THE BASS STAFF

In our last theory lesson we had discussions on the Treble Staff. Today I will be sharing some vital information about the Bass Staff. The bass staff is basically the staff or stave with the bass clef placed at the beginning. Here is an example below:

The bass staff represents notes of low pitch and so instruments such as the bass guitar, trombone, tuba, double bass play notes that are written on this staff. Like the treble staff, each line and space of the bass staff is represented by a specific letter from the musical alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F & G).

The lines and spaces are placed in sequence and so this makes it easy for individuals to remember the letter names of each line and space. The diagram below should give you a better understanding:

The diagram above is telling us that the letter names of the lines are G, B, D, F & A and the letter names of the spaces are A, C, E & G.

The diagram below shows the letters of the bass staff in sequence of line, space, line, space etc.

 I hope you have learnt something from this lesson. Have a good day.

Copyright (c) April 2011.

Guitar Lessons for beginners (part 5) - Playing G major scale on your guitar.

Here are two ways you can play G major scale on your guitar. Major scales are good exercise for your fingers and will develop your playing techniques. Major scales will also help you to get familiar with your guitar.

(A major scale is a group of eight notes beginning and ending with the same letter name. Example;
G A B C D E F# G.)

G MAJOR SCALE - G  A  B  C  D  E  F#  G
                                  1   2   3  4   3  6   7    8

Start playing notes from 1 to 8. It should sound like - doh, ra, me, fah, so, lah, te, doh.

Open notes means you play the strings without touching any fret.
Closed notes means that you play the note according to the assigned string and fret.


G MAJOR SCALE ON THE HIGHER STRINGS USING OPEN AND CLOSED NOTES.

G MAJOR SCALE ON THE LOWER STRINGS USING CLOSED NOTES ONLY.

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Music lessons for beginners - guitar lessons, piano lessons and music theory.

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Guitar Lesson for Beginners Part 4 - Learn to play "Happy Birthday To You".

In the last guitar lesson, I have illustrated to you how to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb". I know that you are able to play that simple melody by now.

Today I will be showing you how to play another simple melody. This melody is "Happy birthday to you". By now you should be able to located most of the notes on your guitar. I know that you may have just started to play the guitar so I will be giving the you the simplest way to play this song.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

G    G       A      G     C     B

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

G     G      A       G     D      C

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BROTHER,

G    G     G(high)  E     C       B      A

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

F     F       E       C      D     C

Below is an illustration showing you the frets, strings and notes that you will use to play the song (Happy Birthday To You). Notice that there is a "high G" in the song which different the "G" you use to start the it.

Please try to know the notes on the guitar first before you try to play the piece. This will help you to be fluent when playing the song.

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Piano Lesson - How To Play Major Scales On The Piano

A Major Scale is a group of eight notes beginning and ending with the same letter name. Each note in a major scale is played one after the other until it reaches the eight note. A Major Scale sounds like this: Doh,   Ra,   Me,   Fa,   So,   Lah,   Te,   Doh.

The eight note is called an octave because it is the same letter as the first note but have a higher pitch. There are twelve notes in music and each note is the root of specific major scale. Hence there are twelve major scales in music.

In our lesson today I will teach you how to play the C major scale on the piano. Please read all instructions carefully and make sure you practice.

Let us a look at the keyboard the main section of the piano.However, an octave can be lower or higher than the root note in a scale. There are twelve

Now the scale that we are going to play is C Major. Here are the letters of C Major Scale.

C      D     E       F      G     A      B      C

1          2          3          4            5       6           7          8

You should notice that the C major scale begins and ends with the same letter name. Now we will learn to play the scale with both hand in ascending and descending order. Ascending order means that the scale will be played from the first note to the eight note and descending order means that the scale will be played from the eight note to the first. In other words we will go forward and backward.

The fingers for both hands are labelled so that you can understand further illustrations teaching us how to play the C Major Scale on the piano.

The illustration below outlines the fingers used for the right hand when playing the C Major Scale.

(Please note - When play in ascending order the 1st finger will go under the 3rd finger to play the F key. Do this several times and then go the opposite direction using the same fingers.)

The illustration below outlines the fingers used for the left hand when playing the C Major Scale.

(Please note - When playing in ascending order the 3rd finger will go over the 1st finger to play the A key. Do this several times and then go the opposite direction using the same fingers.)

Remember to practice. You should practice playing the scale as slow as possible and then increase in speed as you continue. I know this lesson will help with your fingering techniques when playing the piano. I will be doing a video tutorial on this lesson soon. Thank you and have a wonderful day.

Copyright (c) April 2011 by Carlinton Singh.

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