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Major scales & minor scales: What’s the difference between them?

PlayPiano Posted on August 22, 2011 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

Everyone who has ever taken a piano lesson knows what a scale is and has probably had to practice them endlessly. The most common type of music scale is a major scale, but every major scale has a relative minor … Continue reading →

Posted in Minor scales, scales | Tagged major scales, Minor scales, music scales, piano scales, relative minor scales

Fun Stuff You Can Do Improvising With The Blues Scale

PlayPiano Posted on May 23, 2011 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

The blues scale is kind of a unique animal: half diatonic scale, half blue notes. Some people think that only the flat 3rd, flat 5th, and flat 7th of the diatonic scale is used in the blues, but that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Blues piano, scales | Tagged Blues piano, blues scale, diminished 5ths, major 3rds, minor 3rds, minor 7ths, perfect 5ths

Relative Major & Minor Keys & Scales: How To Know Which Is Which

PlayPiano Posted on April 1, 2011 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

Every major scale has a relative minor scale – a “kissing cousin” — that shares the key signature of the major scale.

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Posted in key signatures, Keys, scales | Tagged relative minor keys, relative minor scales

What in the world are tetrachords?

PlayPiano Posted on January 13, 2011 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

a tetrachord is not a chord at all — it is a scale

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Posted in scales | Tagged tetrachords

Major Chords Formed From Major Scales – A Podcast Review

PlayPiano Posted on January 11, 2011 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

Major chords are formed from major scales

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Posted in Chords, Podcast, scales, sharps and flats | Tagged major chords, major scales

“The First Noel” – a carol made of a simple scale

PlayPiano Posted on December 21, 2010 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

Melodies (the tune of a song) are made from scales, and sometimes purely from scales.

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Posted in Chords & chord progressions, Christmas carols, scales | Tagged The First Noel

Relative minor scales & relative minor keys

PlayPiano Posted on March 10, 2010 by DuaneNovember 25, 2020

Every major scale has a relative minor scale.

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Posted in scales | Tagged relative minor scale

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