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hmr516

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Source material to learn scales

on: March 12, 2005, 02:53:34 PM

I just decided to learn to play the piano. I have the first few books of the Alfred series. Looking at the first few chapters of the first book, I notice that only the c and g chord are mentioned. I would like to purchase a resource to learn and understand scales and fingerings. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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jazzyprof

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Re: Source material to learn scales

Reply #1 on: March 12, 2005, 03:54:28 PM

Alfred puts out a nice book with scales, chords, arpeggios: Alfred's Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and Cadences, The First Book of.

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Re: Source material to learn scales

Reply #2 on: March 13, 2005, 08:29:10 PM

One of the few things Hanon is good for is teaching scales. It has major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor, all with good fingering.

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kilini

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Re: Source material to learn scales

Reply #3 on: March 13, 2005, 09:04:25 PM

You shouldn't do Hanon now. You shouldn't EVER do Hanon, but doing it now just to learn scales is likely to cause injuries.

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