Piano Lessons - Chapter 1: Notes & Scales

What You Will Learn?

• Lesson Plans.
• Lesson 1.1 - Notes & Octaves.
• Welcome to the first lesson in this video series! In today’s lesson, we’ll learn the names of all 12 notes on the keyboard, and we’ll learn about octaves and how they repeat up and down the keyboard. Then we’ll learn about sharps and flats for addressing the black keys, and about whole tones and half tones, the unit of measurement on the keyboard..
• Lesson 1.2 - The Major Scale.
• In today’s lesson, we’ll learn the all-important major scale. This scale is the foundation of all the major chords, and the basis for the numbering system that we’ll be using throughout the rest of these lessons. Take your time on this topic because it’s an important building block for the future!.
• Lesson 1.3 - The Minor Scale.
• Today we’ll be continuing our discussion on scales by looking at the (natural) minor scale. This scale is the foundation for all of the minor chords, and therefore is an important building block for later lessons. Take your time on this topic and make sure you can apply it in all 12 keys..
• Lesson 1.4 - The Pentatonic Scales.
• In today’s lesson, we’ll be learning the pentatonic scales, both major and minor. These scales are great at creating melody because they’re simple, catchy and easy to use. Both scales are simple variations of the major and minor scales respectively, so make sure you have a sound understanding of those before tackling this topic..