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1. COURSE PROMO: If you want to be a great
pianist or a music producer, then this is the
right course for you. This introductory course is for someone who have never
played the keyboard before. In this course, we'll teach you how the keyboard is structured by taking a look at why some keyboards are
longer than others. Well then dive into what
we call half steps and steps before talking about the names of the
black and white keys. After showing you how easy it is to master the
names of the keys, we then dive into
major, pentatonic, and relative minor scales
for all your Cough keys. Then we'll teach you how
to extend the scales, as well as the right hand
fingering techniques. By the end of this course, you'll be able to
identify and play all your major pentatonic and relative minor scales
without struggle. My name is Fernando
Delano Williams and I'll be your instructor
for this course. Let's get started.
2. KEYBOARD STRUCTURE : Okay guys, welcome to the cost. We're going to be talking about the structure of the keyboard. So the keyboard is
made up of 12 keys, and each key is made
up of eight nodes. And these eight nodes, they come from the
scale of any given key. So before I can show
you the 12 keys, I need to demonstrate to you
what is called an octave. All right? An octave, it is the distance or the
interval between two Sam keys. Okay, What do I mean by that? If you can go to
these two black keys and look at the first
black of the two, and go down, it leads
you into this white key. All right, and if
you can go on top to these two black keys and look at the first
black of these two, and go down from there, it leads you into this key. So if you look closely, you realize that this key, it is the very same
key as this one. The distance between
this key and this upper key is
called an octave, okay? So the 12 keys on our keyboard, they come from
this octave, okay? If you want to find
out how many keys we got on the keyboard, all we need to do is to hold
an octave of the same key, and we count all the keys
without jumping any other key. Let's count how many keys
we got on the keyboard. So we go, that's one, that's two, that's
three, that's four, that's five, that's
six, that's seven, that's eight, That's nine, that's ten, That's 11. That's 12. Okay. So we're not going to count this guy because
we already counted him. All right, let's
count going down. We're going to count from
this guy going down. So we count 123, 456-789-1011 12. We're not going
to count this guy because we already counted him. Okay, sometimes you find out that we got keyboards that are 25 keys and we got
keyboards that are 49 keys. We got keyboards
that are 64 keys, we got keyboards
that are 81 keys. So it all depends with how many octaves can we
form on that keyboard. Okay, so the more octaves you
have on a certain keyboard, the more keys you got. But basically, the keyboard
is just made up of 12 keys. Okay, I'll see you
in the next lecture.
3. HALF STEPS: Okay guys, welcome
back to the cost. And on this lecture
we're going to be talking about half steps. So a half step, it is the distance or the interval between
two consecutive keys. All right, what do
we mean by that? Let's go to our
keyboard very quickly. I'm going to hold this key here, and if you can see very closely, this key is surrounded
by two other keys, okay? So it's surrounded by
this key and key, okay? The distance between this
guy and this guy and the distance between
this guy and this guy is called a half step. So we need to differentiate
this in terms of going up and going
down the keyboard. All right, so if we
are here and we happen to be going in this direction, you can hear actually that the keyboard is going high
in terms of tonality. So this way is going up, okay? So high means up, okay? So the distance
between this guy and this guy is called a
half step up, okay? So if you are here and I say, can you go a half step up? You come here, if you are here. And I say, can you
go a half step up? You come here, if you are here. And I say, can you
go a half step up? You come here, if you are here. And I say, can you
go a half step up? You come here. If I say, can you go a half step
up, You come here. If I say, can you
go a half step up, You come here and I say, can you go a half step up? You come here a half step
up also means to say okay, means half step up. It's demonstrated
by the hash sign. If you see the
name of a key with a hash sign on it,
it means sharp. If I'm here and I say, can you sharpen
that you come here? Can you sharpen
that you come here? Can you sharpen that you
come here? All right. Up now let's look at a
half steps down, okay? So if you are here and I say, can you go a half step down? You have to come down here. Okay? So the distance between this guy and this guy is
called a half step down. Okay? If you are here and I say, can you go a half step
down? You come here. So a half step down is basically the same
thing as saying, can you flatten? Okay? A flat symbol is shown
by a small e. Okay? So you need to bear
in mind the stems as we go along this course. And once you are
familiar with that, then we can move on
to the next lection.
4. WHOLE STEPS : Okay guys, let's talk
about horse steps. All right? Let me give you
a formula for a horse step. I'm not going to give
you a definition. A horse step means two, okay? So if I'm here and I say, can you go a horse step up? That means you need to count
two keys from where you are, or you jump one key. So if I'm here and I say, can you go a horse step up? So you count 12. So the distance
between this guy and this guy is called
a hole step, okay? So horse step means
two, you are here. You count 12, then
that's a horse step. If you are here and I say, can you go a horse step up? You count 12 if you are here, and I say, can you
go a horse step up? You count 12, you got it. And if you are here and I say, can you go a horse step up? You count 12, okay, from here can you go a
horse step up, great. All right, so that's
horse step up. So if we are here, all right, and I say, can you go a horse step down? So you count two
keys going down. So you go 12. This distance is called a horse
step down, okay? So if you are here and I say, can you go a horse step down? You count 12. All right, you are here. And I say, can you
go a step down? You count 12. Okay, fine. Perfect. If you are
here and I say, can you go a step up? All right, what do you
do? You count two keys, right from here you go
12, that's step up. And I say, can you go
a step up from here, you count two keys, 12. And I say, can you
go a half step up? Okay, You count one half step, the keys are close
to each other. Half step also means one. Okay? That's a half step. Can you go a half step up? Okay, Can you go a step down? You count two keys going down, so you go 12. Can you go a step
down from here? 12. Can you go a half step down from
here? One. You got it. So you need to be
very familiar with your hole steps and half steps in terms of
going up and going down. So we are done with half
steps and horse steps. Please make sure that you
practice these things before moving on to the
next lesions, Okay?
5. WHITE KEYS : All right guys, welcome back to the cost and on this
lecture we're going to be talking about
the names of the keys, and we're going to be starting with the names of
the white keys. All right, so if we go to
our keyboard very quickly, you'll realize that we got two black keys and three black keys that
are close to each other. So we got two black keys and we got three
black keys there, two black keys,
three black keys, two black and three black. So these keys, they
just continue to repeat themselves
going up the keyboard. Okay, let's go back to the
two black keys, right? So these two black keys, you can see they're
close to each other, you should be able
to recognize them. We've got another two
black keys right there. We've got another two
black keys right here, and we've got another two
black keys right there on top. Okay? So when you go to
these two black keys, I want you to look at the
face of these two black keys. All right? So when you get the fast black key of these two, I want you to go a half
step down from there, and it leads you into this key. And that key is
called C. All right, we come to these two black keys, look at this black key
and go half step down. It leads you into
this key called. We come again on
these two black keys, look at this black key. All right, the fast of these two black keys
go half step down, it leads you into the sea. All right, we go up again, look at the first
black of the 2.5. Step down, it leads you
into the sea. All right? By now we know that this key is we got a right there
and we got a there. Alright? If this is
our C, then we go to, we got to E, we got A, we got A, we got a B, and we got a C. Let's say for example
I say can touch, It might be very
difficult for you to recognize where B is, but I'm going to give
you a very easy way to recognize on your keyboard. If you go to the three
plack keys and look at the last Blake of the
three, which is this one. From there you go
a half step up, it leads you into
this white key. And this white key is called B. Okay? You go again, you look for the
three black keys. Go to the last one of the three, Blake a half step up, it leads you into
the key called B. All right, the three black keys. Look for this guy you got there. You got a B again here, you got to be right there. Okay, So now we know two keys. Now we know that is just below the first
Blake of the two. It's just a half step down. That's your C, that's your C is a half step up from the last
Blake of the three. These are the three break keys. The last of the three is this one half step up
leads you into a B. And you know that here, that's your beer
right there, Okay? Okay. So you need to practice to memorize their positions. Now I want to teach you
another key that will be very easy for you to memorize
these positions, and that key is called. Let's go back to the
three black keys. Here they are. We got them
here, we got them here. If you can manage to
memorize the positions of the three black keys and go to the first
black of the three. Then from there you can
go a half step down, it leads you into a
key called F. Okay, so we go to the
three Blake keys, and we go to the first black of the three, which is this one. And we go a half step down. Then it leads us
into a key court. All right? The same thing here. We go to the three black keys, and we go to the first
Blake of the three, and we go a half step down. It leads us into now we know
that's our F right there, that's our F right there, that's our F right there, and we got another
F right there. Okay. So now we know
the names of three nos. We know our C is right here, just below the two, Blake, we got a C there and we know
that our F is just here, just below F of three black. All right. Okay, so that's our F here and our B is just here, a half step up from the
black of the three. All right? So we got a
B there. So we know. We know. We know. Is that right? So now, once you know these
three fundamental keys, it becomes very easy to populate the names of all the white keys that we got on the keyboard. And let me show you
how easy it is. Last time we said the
order is like C, D, E, F, G, B, and back to C. So if
I say, can you touch D? You know that your D
comes after, right? So, you know the C right here. So my D should be
right here, okay? And if I say touch, you
should look for, right? Because we know if
my F is right here, then my should be right here. Then it becomes very simple. Okay? Then if I say, can you touch, you know, definitely that's
your right here. Okay. And I say, can you touch, you know, it's just before. So you know, your F is so your white No,
that is just before. That is an okay. And I say, can you touch, you know, your A before? Okay. So B is here,
should be right here. Okay. So that's what I want
you to practice these things. Practice, practice it. Once you know the names
of the white keys, the names of the black
keys will become very, very simple to memorize, okay? This is the exercise
that I want you to do. Can you touch on your keyboard? Okay? So if you did
touch this guy, and this guy, and this guy, and this guy, you
got it. All right. Congratulations, can you
touch on your keyboard? Okay, So if you did
touch this guy, and this guy, and this guy, and this guy, you
got it. All right. Congratulations, can you
touch on your keyboard? Okay, so if you did
touch this guy, and this guy, and this guy, congratulations,
you got it right. Okay, Can you touch okay? So if you got this
guy, you got it right. You got this guy,
you got it right. You got this guy,
you got it right. You got this guy, you
got it right. All right. Can you touch, okay? So if you did touch this guy and this guy and this
guy, you got it? All right? Okay.
Can you touch A? Okay, Remember that A is just, is just before B, so this is A. Okay? That's your
A, That's your. Okay. So I want you to
practice this thing. Please memorize the names
of the white keys and ask yourself to touch these keys until you are really
familiar with white keys. Once you know the names of the white keys, it's
going to be very, very easy to know the
names of the black keys, and I'm going to tell you why in the next lecture. All right.
6. BLACK KEYS : All right guys, welcome back to the cost and
on this lecture we're going to be talking about
the names of the black keys. When you know the names of the white keys, it becomes very, very simple to know the
names of the black keys. All right, and I'm going to show you now how
simple it becomes. Now when we were
doing half steps, we stated that when we hold
and go a half step down, it leads us into a B, a half step down also
mean to say flatten. Okay? If you're ordering C, and I say, can you
flatten that C? You just go a half step down. Okay? So half step
down means flattening. So if you're on C and I say, can you sharpen that up, shaping means go a half step up. So if I'm here and I say, can you sharpen that up? You just go a half step up. All right, so if you
look on your keyboard, we got two black keys and three black keys that you are just
following each other. Two black, three black. So they repeat each
other successively. As we go up the keyboard, we want to find out what are
the names of the black keys. Each black key is surrounded
by two white keys, so this black key
is surrounded by these two white
keys. You see that. And this black key is surrounded
by these two white keys. This black key surrounded
by these two white keys, this one by these
two white keys. This black key is surrounded
by these two white keys. So every black key on your keyboard is surrounded
by two white keys. To know the name
of this black key, you just need to look for the two white keys that
surrounds that key. So if you want to know
the name of this guy, look for the two white keys
that surrounds that key. Okay, So we know it's
surrounded by this guy. And by, to reach this key, we need to go a half step down. Flight. Flight means
half step down. All right, And if we are
here now to reach this guy, we have to go a half step up. A half step up is
basically the same essay. Can you sharpen that up? Okay, so this is, this is C sharp. All right, so let's
go to this black key. This black key is surrounded
by these two guys. We got half step down or flight. Okay? So this guy can be called flight from this direction. This is, this is
half step up shop. All right. This guy is
surrounded by two white keys. So it's a half step downs flat. Okay. Oh, this is a, so it's a step up. A sharp. So this guy called
a sharp is, well, all right, this
guy is surrounded by two white keys,
which are the ones. So this is a, so we can say
a half step down a flight. Okay, step up shop, you got it? Let's come to this black key. We know this black keys surrounded by these
two white keys. This is, so we say
half step down flat. Okay. When we look in
terms of going up, we know this guy is D. So
this is D. Half step up. All right, Or D
sharp. You got it. This is basically what we have in terms of black keys.
Very, very simple. Just look for the two white
keys that surrounds that key, then you can name it in terms of half steps going up
or going down. Okay? Depending on the direction
that you're going. So that's basically so
I'm going to now give you your homework now
and I want you to touch late. All right? So flight is you can
hear my language. I'm talking of flights, so
you just need to look at B. Half step down, all right? So if I say, look for B flight, definitely know that's
your B right here. So this flate here. All right. That's
your flight there. All right. Then I say, can you touch shop? Shop means half step up. So if this is so that's
your shop or half step up. Okay, so this is your shop. And I say, can you touch flight? Okay. So you should
look for the and, you know, half step down
leads you into the fate. Do you get the point? All right, so can you touch flight? That's flat here. All right. If you touch this guy,
then you got it right. That's your G flat,
right there. All right. Can you touch a flight? Okay, So if you got this
guy, you got it right. That's your flight there,
you should know that's your A flat means
a half step down. All right. So can you touch
your Flook for your D? Look for your D. Yeah, once you got your
D, then you just go a half step down and it
leads you into this guy. So that becomes your flights, basically very, very simple. Once you know the names
of the white keys, you just have to look
at the two keys that are surrounding that key
that you are looking at. It's either you go a half step down or you go a half step up. Then you give that key a name. Congratulations, this brings us to the end of the black keys, then I'll see you in
the next lecture.
7. KEYS INTRODUCTION: All right guys, Welcome back to the cost and
on the selection, we're going to be talking
about the names of the keys. When we used to be
a primary school, we used to have probably
35 students in a class. At high school, probably 33. And at college or university, we used to have
probably 28 or 43. I tell you what, We used to know the names of all our classmates. So when it comes
to playing keys, we got 12 keys on the keyboard. And that should be pretty, pretty easy to remember
the names of the 12 keys. So please, I want you to
take these things seriously. Practice memorize the names of this white keys
and this black keys. We just got 12 keys and we used to have 35
students in a class. All right, I see you
in the next lecture.
8. SCALES B Major : Okay guys, welcome back
and congratulations. You are just about to
complete your last scale, which is the key
of B right here. All right? And this is
the octave right here. Okay? So I'm going to give you the number system very
quickly. All right? So is your one, C sharp is your two flight
is your three is your four, F sharp is your five flight is your six flight is your seven and that's
your eight or one. Let's just recap that one. Let your two Fletcher
three of four, chapter five, sharp six, B flat seven and back to. All right. So that's it in
terms of number system. And now I'm going to give
you the fingering now, your finger number
one on B. All right? So you go one to three,
then you slide over, 1234, then you slide over, then you can continue if you
want to hit two octaves. All right, and in terms of
going back is the same, so you go 14321321. Okay guys, so that's it in
terms of the B major scale. And congratulations,
congratulations, you have managed to finish
your major scales now. And what is left of you is
to practice these things, and you should all these
major scales in any key, if you want to take your
playing to the next level. All right, so I will see
you in the next lecture.
9. SCALES Bb Major : Okay guys, welcome back
to the key of B flat, and this is your let here. And we got the octave
right here. All right? So I'm going to give you the
number system very quickly. So flat is one, C is two, D is three, Let is your four is five, G is six, is seven. And back to flat, which is your 81.
Let's recap that. Let 123 flex 4567 and back to let. All right. So in
terms of fingering, you start off with finger
number two on flat two, slide over 123, slide over 1234. Let's do it one more time. Two, slide over 123, slide over 1234, then
you go the same way. 4321, slide over 321, you finish off with
the two, all right? So that's it. In terms of
the B flat major scale, I hope you're practicing
these things. All right. And I'll see you in
the next lecture, whereby we'll be completing
the B major scale. All right?
10. SCALES D Major : Okay guys, welcome
back to the costs. And on this lecture
we're going to be learning the key
of D. All right? Okay, so that's
our D right here, and that's the
octave right here. Okay? I'm going to give you the number
system very quickly. D is our, one is our two. F sharp is three, is four, is five, B is six. C sharp is seven. Back to D, which is your eight. All right, so that's 1234567, back 18. All right. I'm going to
give you the fingers now. We start with one, then we go two, then we
go three. All right. 12, finger number three. Then we slide over
finger number one. Number two, finger number three, then we go finger number four. We finish off with
finger one. All right? The reason why we're finishing off with finger number one is we want to continue and
hit two octaves, okay? Finger number one. Number
two. Number three. Slide over finger number one. Number two. Number three. Number four. Slide over
finger number one. Number two, number three, Slide over finger
number one. Number two. Number three, number four. And we can finish
off with number five if you wanted
to play two octaves. All right, so that's basically
in terms of going down, let's practice going
down right now. Okay, So we go 123, slide over 12341 and we go 14321321. Okay, this is basically how
you play the D major Scare. Alright, I'll see you
in the next lecture.
11. SCALES Db Major : Okay guys, welcome
back to the court. And on this lecture
we're going to be doing the key off. All right? So that's our deflate there, and that's the
octave right there. Okay? So I'm going to give you the number
system very quickly. Deflate is your one flat
is your two is your three, shop is your four
flight is your five, B flat is your six, C is your seven. And back to deflate, which is your eight or one. All right? Okay. So that's the number
system for you there. Okay? I'm going to give you the
number of the fingers now. All right? So we start off with finger number two,
finger number three. Slide over finger number
one to touch number three. Then we go finger number two, finger number three,
finger number four. Then we slide over
the thumb again, finger number one, and we finish off with
finger number two. Okay. Let's just recap that. All right. 231234, slide over 12, then we finish up. All right. Let's
try to go backward. All right, so we go back the
very same way we went up, so we go two, then we go one, then we go 43, then we go to, then we go one,
then we bring over finger number three
and finger number two. All right, if we want
to play two octaves, we got to go like this.
All right, here we go. So we go to three,
slide over 1234, slide over 123, slide over 1234, slide over 12. All right. We can go back the
same way, even two octaves. 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, all right? All right. This is how you
play the key of deflate. All right. I'll see you
in the next lecture.
12. SCALES E Major: Let's go to the Q of all right? Okay, that's your there. And we got the
octave right there. All right. So let me give you the number
system very quickly. Is your one, F sharp is your
two flight is your three, A is your four is your five, shop is your six
flight is your seven. All right. So that's 1,234,567.8 All right. So now I'm going to give
you the finger ring now. So we go 123, slide over 1234, slide over 123, slide over 1234. And you can finish
with this with a small pinky if you wanted
to play two octaves. All right, in terms
of going down, it's basically the same thing. Let's go up and we're
going to go down. All right, so we go
123, slide over, 1234, slide over,
then let's go back. So we go 14321321. Okay? So that's basically the key of E for
you right there. Okay, I'll see you
in the next lecture.
13. SCALES Eb Major : Okay guys, we'll come
back to the course, and now we are going to be looking at this scale of E flat. All right? That's
your flat there, and we got the Oct
right there, okay? And I'm going to give you the
number system very quickly. Let your one is your
two is your three, Ft is your four, B flat is your five is your six, D is your seven. And back to flat, which is your eight or your one. All right? Okay. So that's 1234 5c678. Now, I'm going to give
you the finger ring. Now, we start off with
finger number two, okay? So finger number two. We slide over finger number
one, finger number two, finger number three,
finger number four, slide over finger number
one, finger number two. And we'll finish off with
finger number three. Okay? Let's do it one more time. That is to slide over 1234. Slide over 123 and going
back is the same way. So we go 3,214,321.2 All right. Okay guys, that's the
key of F for you there. So you got to keep on
practicing and please make sure that you know
your number system.
14. SCALES F Major : Okay guys, welcome
back to the course. And this time around we
are going to the key of. All right, so that's
your right here. All right, and that's
your octave right there. Okay? So I'm just going to give you the number
system very quickly. Is your one is your
two is your three, flight is your
four is your five, D is your six is your seven
and which is your eight. That's your number
system for you there. All right. So let me just recap. Is your one is your
two is your three, Flex is your four is your five, D is your six is your seven, and back to which is your 81. All right. So now
I'm going to show you the fingering now, Okay? So we start off with
finger number one, okay? Then we go finger number
two, number three. And we go number four. All right. Here we go. Finger number one,
finger number two, finger number three,
finger number four. Then we slide over finger number one to
the fifth. All right. Then we go. Finger number two, finger number three,
finger number four. If you want to play two octaves, you got to slide
your thumb over. All right? Let's do it again. So we go 1234, slide over 123, slide over 1234, slide over 1234, Okay. Perfect. So that's your
major scale there. If you want to go back, you can start with your
fourth finger. Okay? So you can go 4321, then you slide over
number 4321. All right? 1234. Slide over 1234, going back, 4321, slide over finger number
four, finger number three. Number two, back to
number one. All right? Perfect. That's how
you play major scale.
15. SCALES G Major : Okay guys, welcome back to
the court and on this lecture we're going to be doing
the key of, all right? That's your G there, and we
got the octave right there. Okay? I'm going to give you the number system
first. All right? So is your one is your two, B is your three, C is your four, D is your five is six, F sharp is your seven. And we come back to, okay, F sharp is the only black
key in the key of G, and F is the only
white key which is not in the key of
G. Okay, let's recap. That is one is two
is your three. All right, is your four, D is your five is six, F sharp is your seven. And back to. All right. I'm going to give you the
finger ring now. All right. So we start with
finger number one. Number two. Number three. All right. Perfect.
Let me do it again. We go 123, then we slide
over finger number one, then we go 23, then we go four on shop and we finish off
with a small pink on five. Let's do it one more time. We go 123, slide over F number 1234 on shop, small P finger number five. And we can go back
basically the same way. So we can go 54321, slide over three to one. Okay? So that's basically it in terms of the G major scale. The only difference is
when you want to hit two octaves where you have
to finish off with the ping, just put the thumb there. Okay? So you got to substitute
the ping with the thumb. Then you can have actually a continuation of
that very same scale. All right, that's it from me, and I'll see you in
the next lecture.
16. SCALES Gb Major : Okay guys, we'll come back to the cost
and on this lecture we're going to be
doing the key of shop. All right, that's your shop
or your flat right there. And we got the
octave right there. Okay? We got to start off
with a number system. Okay? Shop is your one flight
is your two flat is your three is your four flight is your five flight is
your six is your seven. And back to F sharp or flat. All right? So let's recap. Let your one flat you
two, let your 34, let your five, let your 67 and back to the one or eight, which is your G flat. All right? So in terms of finger, you start with
finger number 234, then you slide over the
tumble on the fourth. Okay. So you go 234, slide over 123, slide over 12. You got it? Let's do it again. So it's 234, slid over
123, slide over 12. So in terms of going back is 21, slide over finger number 321, slide over finger number 432. Okay? So that's basically it
in terms of key of F shop. And I'm hoping that you really, taking your time to practice these scales because they are
very, very, very important. Okay, so that's it from me and I'll see you in
the next lecture.
17. SCALES Key of C : Okay guys, welcome
back to the costs, and now we are on scales. All right, so we're going to
start off with the key of C, then we're going to move
on to all the other keys. Remember we say that the
keyboard is made up of 12 keys, and each key is made
up of eight notes. All right, this
eight notes is what constitutes the scale
of any given key. All right, So this is
our C on our keyboard, and we got the octave
right here, okay? All the eight notes that
makes up the key of C are contained within this octave here that I'm holding right now. Okay? And the good thing
about the key of C is that all the white keys within this octave makes up the key of. All right, so all
these white nodes here is what constitutes the
key of C. All right, let's go through
the number system. Is number one, D is number
two, is number three, is number four, is number five, is number six is number seven. And back to C, which
is number eight, or we can call it
one. All right. Now I'm going to teach
you how to use the right fingering when you are
playing the key of C. Okay? So our thump is number one. Our index finger is number two. Our middle finger
is number three. Our ring finger is number four, and our small pinky is
number five. All right. So, we got our thumb
on number one, index finger on two, middle finger on three. Then we slide our thumb, Anthony, to touch the four. Okay. Then after
that, we go 2345. Okay? Finger number
one. Number two. Number three. Finger number one, you slide it over, number
two. Number three. Number four, number five. Okay. So we go like that. Then if you want to go back, you will start with
with the pinky 54321. Then you bring three to one. Okay, Here we go again. You need to practice that. Okay. Going back then,
bring number three. Number two, and you
finish it, number one. All right? Perfect.
That's how you play your C major scale
within one octave, okay? If you want to continue
with the scale, let's say you want
to play two octaves. What you need to do is that when you are supposed to hit
the egg on the octave, you got to slide your thumb back again. Okay,
let's try that. 123, we slide over number 1234, then we slide over again, number one, Then we go 23, slide over 12345, then we
finish two octaves like that. All right? So this is how you play the key
of C. All right, I'll see you in
the next lecture.
18. Pentatonic Scale: Okay guys, welcome
back to the course. And on this lecture we're
going to be talking about something called the
pentatonic scale. So let's go, let's go
back to the K of flat. And for us to be able to
play the pentatonic scale, we need five tons. So we just need to omit the
fourth tone of the scale. Seventh ton of the scale. All right, so if we bypass the fourth tone of the scale and the seventh
ton of the scale, we come up with what we
call the pentatonic scale. So I'm going to teach you now. So we go 12, then we go
three, we jump the four, we come to five, we go to six, we jump to the seven,
and we go to one, then we are done.
That's all we need. So let's go again.
You got it? Okay. All right. Let me just
give you the fingering. If you want to know
the fingering, if you want to play
this pentatonic scale, probably you start with
finger number 231313. Okay, then you can go back. Let's go again. All right, so this is
called a pentatonic scale. Let's go to the key of deflate and look at the
pentatonic scale, all right? So the pentatonic scale, we just have to omit the fourth and the seventh, All right? So we go 123561. Okay, 12. This is in terms
of number system, 123561 and you go
back the same way. Okay? All right. Let me
give you the finger. So you go 231234. Okay? Five, depending on
what is better for you, then you go back,
you can go 532132. Okay. Now, this is the
major pentatonic scale. Let's try the minor pender
tonic scale. All right? So if you want to play the
minor pender tonic scale, you just got to start on the sixth tone and you
play the very same scale. So you start here, okay, Let me give
you the finger. So you go 1231, then you go 235, going back, you go 5321321. Okay? All right, so I just
want you to practice how to play these pentatonic
scales, all right? Practice the pentatonic
scales in each key, please. In each key. Practice these things
and once you know it, you got it, alright? That's it from me, and I'll
see you in the next lecture.
19. Relative Minor: Okay guys, welcome back to
the court and on this lecture we are going to be talking
about the relative minor. Before we can take a look at
the relative minor scale, we need to look at
the major scale. Okay? So let's go to
the key of flight. And I'm just going to play the major scale for
you, all right? All right, so this is
the flight major scale. All right, now we
want to talk about something called the
relative minus. All right. The relative minor
in any given key. It is the sixth
tone of that scale. All right, so let's go
back to the Of fleet. So we're going to count 123456. Okay, so is the relative minus. Now there's a reason why it
is called the relative minor. Let's just play the major scale. So it goes like 12345678, together F major code, you need one plus the
3.5 of the key of right, We say each key is independent of the
scale that we are in. All right, The reason
why it is called the relative min of fleet is because if we touch
minus a flight there, all right, it is a flat. And third, okay? You should
know that the sixth tone of any given scale gives
you the relative minus. If we go to the key
of flat, all right, we count 123456 is the relative
min of the key of flight. How is that? So if
we happen to touch the mag code, we go 12345. Okay, so we got
something like that. But now if we have to
get the minor out of C, we have to flood this third here and it comes right
here. All right? So that's why is called the
relative min of flight. I hope you do understand
this principle. All right, For you
to be able to play the relative minor
scale in any key, all you need to know
is the major scale of that key of which it
is a relative minus two. Okay? Make that
sound complicated. Let's go back to
the key of flight. All right, so 12345678, that's the Fl major
scale. All right. Now for us to play
the relative minor, which is all we need is
the flight major scale. We don't need to play
the major scale. We actually begin the
flight major scale on six. So we're just starting here. We are not starting on a flight, we're just going to start
and end on the octave here. Okay, So we go 1234, Basically you see that we are following the
same scale, right? 12345678. You got it. What we just
did is we just took all the notes that are in the flat major scale. All right? And we started playing them from the sixth tone of the scale until the sixth
ton. Then we end then. All right, so we go 12345678. Come on, this is very simple. So if you know your
major scales is going to be very easy to play
your relative minor scale. And let's go to the
key of flight very quickly. Deflate is our one. I'm just gonna play
the major scale now. You already know it. Okay. All right, so the relative minor in the key of deflate is the
six tone, so let's get it. 123456, which is our
B flat right here. We just got to start from here, but we have to follow the deflate major
scale pattern, okay? But we are starting
here on the sixth. So we go like 12. We know deflate passes,
this is the seventh. So we go 12345678
symbols that all right, so this is what I
want you to do. I want you to practice to play all the relative minor scales that you have on a keyboard. The only thing
that you just need to know is your major scale. Once you know your major scale, then you just need to start
playing that major scale from that relative minor until you play an octave for
that relative mine. Okay, so that's it from me
in terms of relative minor, and I hope you have
an understanding. I'll see you on
the next lecture.
20. Outro: I would like to say thank you
for finishing the course. And I would like to encourage
you to keep on practicing, and practicing, and
practicing as it is, the only way to
make it to the top. That's it for me, your
favorite instructor, Fernando Ade, Lino Williams. See you in the next course.
Fernando Williams
