What’s After Scales?

This lesson will explore are all the triads for daily practice in one octave.

In this example we’ll start with “C” major and progress through the cycle of fourths.

(The cycle of fourths is a way of moving through every key signature. If you play the first four notes of a “C” major scale you’ll play C D E F – That means “F” is a perfect fourth above “C”, so the next triad is “F” major. After “F” major, we’ll play “Bb” major, because starting at “F” we have the notes F G A Bb. So “Bb” is the next triad in the cycle of fourths. The whole Cycle of fourths is:
C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G ).

The lesson called “Only 7 Triads” will help you with the note names.

Here they are for this example:

C,E,G

F,A,C

Bb,D,F

Eb,G,Bb

Ab,C,Eb

Db,F,Ab

Gb,Bb,Db

B,D#,F#

E,G#,B

A,C#,E

D,F#,A

and G,B,D

These triads are all in root position , meaning that we play the root, third and fifth of each triad in that order.

Enjoy these triads, and try them a little faster every day. Make sure you can name every note before you play it, and work on a few different fingerings for each triad.

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Minor Scales

Here are all the minor scales through the cycle of fourths.

(Please see “Daily Scales -Major” for an explanation of the Cycle of Fourths.)

Practice them slowly every day as a warmup, or a way to memorize the minor scales.

There are other forms of the minor scale that will be in future lessons, including the Harmonic and Melodic Minor scales. The scales in this lesson are all Aeolian minor, which is the 6th mode of the major scale.

Make sure you can name all the notes before playing them, and try a few different fingerings.

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Major Scales

The C Major Scale
The major scale is one of the most basic and well-known scales in Western music, and the C major scale is often taught first because it consists of all the white keys on a piano. The notes in a C major scale are:

C · D · E · F · G · A · B

You may be familiar with sharps and flats (i.e. F# or Bb). The C major scale is the only major scale that has no sharps or flats. The easiest way to finger it is as follows:
In the example below, we play our C major scale over a repeating C major chord.

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