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Topic: Source material to learn scales  (Read 1708 times)

Offline 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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Offline 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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Offline LVB op.57

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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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Offline 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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