What is the best way to remember all the piano scales?

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What is the best way to remember all the piano scales?

Posted on04 November 2010. Tags: extra credit, piano exam, piano scales

I’m doing my piano exam soon, and lately I’ve been slacking off of the piano scales and hardly practicing. I really need to pass it so I can get an extra credit. But I’m terrible at the minors, and find it hard memorizing so many! What’s the best way to remember them all?
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2 Responses to “What is the best way to remember all the piano scales?”

Devon says:

November 4, 2010 at 7:43 am

I always done them by ear, so after playin them so much over time i learned which was which and i could guessitmate the nxt note b4 playin. The only answer to is pracice over and over and learn the formula of a minor scale.

Minor scale = Aeolin mode (same key signature of its relative major but starting on the 6th degree of the scale ex: E=6th degree of G maj scale therefore it has the same key signature of G major, 1 sharp)

So its better if u write out each major scale, find the 6th note and when u play ur minor scale remember ur key signature.

Major scales are cake u shouldnt have problems w/ that just keep practicing =)

ur in the rt section
Marrisa says:

November 4, 2010 at 7:43 am

Hey! im assuming for getting your extra credit for high school by passing grade 8 haha.
i just passed grade 9. I dont really have a way with scales. I would always make a word with the relative major!
for ex.
C+ relative miner —> A-
i would be like Cucumber Apple… or w/e random word haha.
Oh and also here is a tip for memorizing the accidentals in the sharps.
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle.

Flats:
B E A D (bead!)

sorry if im not much help… good luck!!!