Scales

[prince_pof]

what exactly are the 12 scales.

Ive seen post of how important they are but you cant practice them if you dont know what they are.

Thanks

[musallio]

what exactly are the 12 scales.

Ive seen post of how important they are but you cant practice them if you dont know what they are.

Thanks

here is a link to a chorded scales chart..it goes up in a circle of 4ths.
http://www.earnestandroline.com/Music/Lessons/scalesfingering.html

that means that you move from playing in a certain key to playing in it's 4th note..you will change keys 12 times to play in all keys.

I slightly modified mine to give it a contemporary feel by shifting the root note in the right hand to the note right b4 it in its respective scale.

hence C/ C-E-G changes to C/B-E-G in the key of C. ;
 A/A-C-E changes to A/G-C-E etc..

[prince_pof]

so how do you begin to practice them.

[blessedhammond]

from what was already posted use the fingering for the right & left hand to play each scale.
For example C major:
               RH: thumb is 1; pointer is 2; middle finger 3; thumb 4; pointer is 5; middle finger 6; ring finger is 7; pinky is 8
                         C            D                     E                  F              G              A                B                    C
This is just an example of how to use the site that was just posted; if you have anymore problem let me know