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1. Introduction: Hi, welcome to the ultimate
Piano Keyboard course from total beginner to
advanced part eight. My name is Martin Cohen. I'm a jazz musician composer
and a piano teacher. As I said, this is part
eight of the course series. If you're a beginner,
you would probably rather start in part one
of this course series. In the description
of this course, you can find a link to part one and to all the other
parts of the course series. So if this is not the
right part to start with, you can see in the
description of the course which is
the one that you need. But as I said, if
you're a beginner, a total beginner, then
just start in part one. Okay, this being said, what will you actually learn
in this particular course, in part eight of
this course series? Well, as the title suggests, we do the missing scales. In the former parts
of this course, we've done nine
different scales. There are in total
12 different scales. We do the three missing scales. Those three missing scales
are the scales of for D flat major and F
sharp, or flat major. Also, in this course, I
will do the courts that you can derive from
those major scales. Finally, we will also do the
three natural minor scales that are related to those three major scales
that I mentioned. Okay. I'd like to thank you for your interest in my course, and I hope to see you in
the inside of this course or in any of the other courses
of this course series.
2. The Ab major scale Theory: Hi and welcome to part eight
of this course series. I think it's a good idea before starting in
the course that you download all
the resource files that come with this course. To do so, go to the
Projects and Resources tab. Here you find a link to download the
resources in a zip file, which you can then and store on your computer
to use it in the course. Okay, are you ready? Let's
start with the course. In former sections of
this piano course, we've seen nine
different major skills. That means that there
are three major skills that are still missing, since there are 12
different nodes, 12 different major skills. You see them displayed here
in the circle of fifth. The three ones that are missing, that's a flat, that's flat, that's F sharp, or flat. Which are the same nodes of, because F sharp and flat are
enharmonic equivalent nodes, they are the same
key on the piano. We will start this lecture
with the A flat major scale, and we're going to use the major scale formula as we did before, the 11, a half, 111 a half. Let's start, and of course, we start on the flat, go up a to B flat,
another whole tone to. Now we go up a
half tone to flat, a whole tone to flat again, a tone to another whole tone to, and finally half tone up
back to our root flat. The flat major scale consists
of the nodes, a flat, flat, flat, flat, and a flat. As you see, the flit major
scale has four flets.
3. Playing the Ab major scale on the piano: Okay. How do we play the A flat major scale
comfortably on the piano? I'll start with the right hand
and first just one octave. We start on the flat with our finger number two,
the index finger. Then we use on the middle
finger number number three. We go with our thumb under our middle finger
on the C. We use F, two on flat finger,
three on flat. Go again with our thump, our middle finger on the F, two on and three on a flat. I will repeat it one more time, and I will say the
finger numbers, that's 23123123 that we're going down now is
always the same as up, but in reverse order. We start with F
three on the flat, two on, one on. We go with our middle
finger over our thumb on the flat two D flat, one on. We go again with
our middle finger over our thumb on the B flat, and we end with two
on A flat, 2132132. So that's one octave. Let's do two octaves
with the right hand, we start exactly in
the same way as that. We started with the one octave. That's 23123123,
and we just go one, we use now four on the B flat. Go with our thumb on the C, 2.3 on the D flat, and the flat one on F
two on 32, on the flat, again, that's 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Let's go down, That's
always the same, but in reverse order. We start on three
on the flat 321 with our middle finger over
our thumb on the flat 321. Now we go with our ring finger
over our thumb with four, we hit the B flat three
on a flat, 21321321. More time. That's
321321. Shot four. Sorry. 432-13-2132 That's the right hand. Okay. Left hand. One octave. So we start with finger
three, the flat. Fire two, index finger
on the B flat one. Then we go with our
bring finger over our thump to the flat. That's finger four on
flat three on flat 21f1 on G. And then
you can end with two. You can also end with
three on the flat. So again, that's 3214321. Let me take three for an hour down is same thing as always, but in reverse order three. You can also start
with 231-23-4123, We'll do it once more. Two or three. You can start with
either two or 31234, with your thumb, under your
ring finger on the Sea. One to three. Okay, so that's one
octave with left. Let's do two octaves. We start exactly in
the same way, 34313, and we do exactly
the same thing, we just continue to 143212, or 31 more time, 321431. And exactly the same thing, you repeat it, 3214321, and either end with three
or with two on the flat, go down as always. Exactly the same thing
but in reverse order. Let me start on finger two now, but you can also start on 321234 with your thumb under
your finger on the C13. Go with your thumb under
your middle finger on the 1234 thump, ring finger on the C1231. More time I will
use my finger two. But as I said, you can
also start with 3212, 3412, 3123, 4123. That's the A flat major scale, one octave, two octaves. Right hand, left hand. You can of course,
practice it with the MP three play along files
that are in the resources. As always, you have
the three tempos, 60 beats per minute, 90 beats per minute, and 120 beats per minute. Of course, you start with the slower one
when it goes well, you go on with 90 beats per minute version and then
with 120 beats per minute version if the
steps are too big, 60-90 and 90-120 you just use your metronome to exercise
when you do it well on 60, then go to 65, then 70, then 75, et cetera, till you reach the 90. And then you can use
the play along file to practice with
the 90, et cetera.
4. The Ab major triad: Now that we've seen
the major scale, it's time for the A
flat major triad. Now, it's already a while
ago that we've done. Try, let me remind you, how did we make a major triad? Well, it was very simple. Head was the first, the
third and fifth note of the major scale, the root, the major third,
and fifth again, the major scale, the
A flat major scale, you see it displayed here. The first, third, and fifth
notes are A flat C and flat. A flat flat is the
A flat major triad. Let's play that on the piano. This is the flat major
trite in root position. Since A flat the root
is at the bottom. This is a flat major
in first inversion, since the third major
third is at the bottom. This is the flat major
trite in second inversion. Since flat the fifth
is at the bottom.
5. Blowing in the Wind in Eb major: Okay, now you learned
the new triad, the A flat major triad. Of course, you want
to practice with it. The best to do is, of course to practice
it in a song. Now, I hope you remember
that in former sections, in former parts of this course, we did that with the song
blowing in the wind. We will do that again with
the song blowing in the wind. Now this new chord we learned, the major triad, appears for the first time
in Blowing in the wind. When we play it in
the key flat major. We will see later why we're going to play in
the key of flat major. Now I hope you'll remember
that in blowing in the wind, we use the so called 14.5 chords will repeat a little bit the one chord
chord based on the first, the root of the scale
playing in which is flat, flat is our one court had
the E flat major trip, you remember? Flat flat. Those are the three notes
of the E flat major triad. That's our one court. Now what's our fourth court? Well, the four court is based on the fourth note of the
key we're playing in. Again, we're playing in flat. The fourth note in
the key of flat. Let's go up in the
E flat major scale. That's 1234, that's a flat. There's our flat major
tied that we just learned, we know that consists
of the notes. A flat flat, that's our 45. Well, that's the fifth
note in the scale. We're playing at the
fifth note in flat 12345, that's flat, B flat major, hope you remember, consists of the notes, the B flat major. Trite, B flat, and that's
our five court 145, those three major tries we're using in
Blowing in the Wind. If you don't remember exactly how it was with
blowing in the wind, go back in the former section, in the former part of this
course, have a look there. I assume that you know how
the structure of the song is. Again, it's a simplified
version because normally you could put
some more chords in it. I simplified it to this version where we
use only 14.5 chords. What I will do is just put
the P three file on flat. Which by the way, of course, you can find in the resources
of this lecture as always. So that you can play along
with the play along file. Yeah, your right hand. You can of course at
position you can also here you can do other inversions of it's good to do a
mix of inversions, but you could start with only root position first inversions then second inversion. But I prefer a mix
of inversions. What you could do, for example, let's say here in what is it, second inversion at
first inversion, flat in first inversion. I will show this version to you. Yeah, you can do
your own inversions. Of course, just to show you have four counts before it
starts. Let me put it on. Okay, There's another
round coming, but I will put it off because one round
is enough to show you, of course, I did
only my right hand. What you could do is in the
left hand the base notes. So the root notes of the, for example, for the five force. Okay, You could first do only the right hand and then add the left hand,
the root notes. Of course, you should also
practice your left hand. So do the flat. Have another inversion now, but okay, flat, flat, flat also with your left hand, Very important to also
practice your left hand. Okay, I think you have
enough to practice with you. Practice again the
flat and flats that you learned before and now
as the new flat major. Try. Okay, practice well, and I
see you in the next lecture.
6. The Db major scale Theory: Okay, it's time
for D flat major. We will use again, the major scale formula. We start, of course on flat. One whole step up flat, another whole step up to
now a half step up to flat, whole step to a flat
step to B flat. Whole step C, and finally, a half step back to
our root deflet. The Deflet major
scale consists of the nodes
ftletfletfletftC deflet. As you see, Deft
major has five flets.
7. Playing the Db major scale on the piano: Okay, so let's play the D flat
major scale on the piano. We start with the right
hand, first one octave. We start with finger two, index finger on flat three flat. Then with our thumb
on the F, index, middle finger, ring finger, We go with our thump under
our ring finger on the C. And finally with finger two on the D flat, that's 23123412. Do reverse order to one with your ring finger over
your thumb on the B flat. That's 4321 on the F. Then you go with
your middle finger over your thumb on the flat, and finally with
your index finger, finger number two on
the flat, 232132. Let's do two octaves. We started in the same way, 23123412, and we just
continue 3123412. So would you Actually
exactly the same thing as with one octave, but we just continue to 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2. Okay. Going down to one with your ring
finger over your thumb. 4321, with your middle
finger over your thumb. 321-432-1321 More time. 2 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2. That's the right
hand. 1.2 octaves. Let's do the left hand. We start with finger
three on the flat 21, then we go with our ring
finger over our thumb, 4321. Then you can go either
with finger two or with finger three on the flat. That's the 143212 or three. Let's go down. You can also here start with either
finger three or finger two. Let me now take finger 221234, with your thumb under your
ring finger on the F1231. More time, 21234123, that's left hand one octave, left hand two octaves. Now start in exactly
the same way, 3214321. Now you have to take finger 332. You do exactly the same thing, 4321, and then either end with finger three
or with finger two. The important thing is here that when you've
done one octave, you cannot go with F
two because you cannot, you have to go to F three
on the F to be able to continue your second
octave one more time. 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then end
with two or three. That's 202 octaves. Now two octaves down,
we start with fire two. You can also start
with finger three, but let me start
with finger two now. 21234, with your thumb under your ring
finger on the F123, with your thumb under
your middle finger on the C1234 thump under your
ring finger on the F123. More time, two or three, but I'll start with two now. 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3. That's D Flat major. You practice it with the play along files
in the resources. As you know, 6,090.120
beats per minute. As I said in last lecture. You can also use
your metronome to go 60-90 if the step is too big. So that you can put it on 65, 70, 75, et cetera. Okay, see you in
the next lecture.
8. The Db major triad: Okay, the D flat major triad. Again, we take the
first third and fifth, root third and
fifth of the scale. You see the scale
displayed here. The first third, and fifth
are flat and a flat. And those three nodes together, flat and a flat, are the flat major triad. Let's play that on the piano. And here you see
the root position, where flat is at the bottom. This is the first inversion. The major third
is at the bottom. Here is the second inversion, where A flat, the fifth
is at the bottom.
9. Blowing in the Wind in Ab major: Okay, in order to practice
with the D flat major triad, we're going to play
blowing in the wind again, and this time in the
key of A flat major. Now hope you remember
14.5 chords, the one chord is obviously
a flat. The four. Well let's go up the
A flat major scale. 1234, that's flat. And there's our major court or tried that we
wanted to practice. Major is our four court and
of course 12345, major 5145. You're going to play
it again with the play a long MP three file that of course you can find in the
resources of this lecture. Yeah. As you can practice first all the root positions
and then other inversions. But you can also do a mix. You know, I prefer always
to do a mix of inversions. Well, let me say for example, if you first the root position
of your one of a flat, then you could do the
second inversion of the D flat major
chord and you could go to the first inversion
of flat 145, for example. Okay, I will put the
play along file on. I will directly
with my left hand, the base notes, the
root of the chords. But you can do for you when you want to try
it for the first time, you can first do
your right hand and later add your left hand. Okay, let's try it.
I will put it on. Okay. One round is
enough, we'll put it off. You tried that also, then I
cannot say it enough times. Very important. Practice Also your left hand I mean practice the courts
in your left hand. As I said, I showed, I showed you one set of
inversions of positions. You try out also other sets
of mixes of inversions. Okay. I see you in
the next lecture.
10. The FsharpGb major scale Theory: The F sharp, G flat major scale. Now, this is a bit,
a special lecture. Because it's the F sharp
and the G flat major scale. Before we had only one scale, the flat major scale, or we did the D
flat major scale. Now it's F sharp and flat. But of course, the piano, they're exactly the same
keys since as you know, sharp and flat are exactly
the same key there. Enharmonic equivalent nodes, the scales on the piano be
also exactly the same thing. The same keys, they only
well have other names. I will still do it twice, once for F sharp
and once for flat, because they all
have other names. All the keys, but the
keys on the piano are exactly physically the
same keys that you play. As always, we use our
major scale formula. I will start with the
F sharp major scale. Later I will do the
G flat major scale. We start on F sharp, we go up one whole tone, G sharp, we go another
whole tone up A sharp. Now we go a half tone up to a tone up sharp, another hold up D sharp. Now we go another tone up, and it looks like
this is the note. But remember that the note
before was the D sharp. I cannot go from D sharp,
That's with the letter D. Just remember in the
beginning of this piano, I said you cannot have either to the same letters
one after the other, or leave a gap When I go from D Sharp to then
I missed the letter. When I go from D Sharp, I have to go to something
with the letter. This has to be something
with the letter. Now, it looks a bit
strange because it's an F, but you see that is here. And only a half tone up is the I call this note
now an E sharp. That might seem a
little bit strange, but it's the only way that
I go from the D sharp, something with a D,
to something with the letter E. This
is an E sharp. Okay, well my last
step, as you know, is a half tone up back
to our root sharp. Also, imagine I
would have called this note an F instead
of an E sharp. Then going from F to F sharp, I have twice the letter also. That was one of the
rules that says that you cannot have two the
same letters in the scale. We have, we have to call
this note an sharp. Okay? So I repeat, the F sharp major scale is
then F sharp sharp sharp. B. C sharp sharp, sharp sharp. Now, you see that this
scale has six sharps. Now, before in
this piano course, I said, hey, how
is that possible? How can you have six
sharps when there are only five black keys available?
Now you see the answer. This is also a sharp, It's an E sharp, where our
sixth sharp is coming from. You see that it's possible
to have six sharps even without having six different
black keys on the piano. We only have five different
black keys on the piano. That's a bit special about
this F sharp major scale. Again, the F sharp major
scale has six sharps. Let's look now at the
G flat major scale, which again are exactly the same physical
keys on the piano. They only have other names. Those are the enharmonic
equivalent names. We start now not on F
sharp, but on flat. We use again, the
major scale formula. We go up one whole
tone to A flat, whole tone to B flat. Now we go a half tone up. It's a B. But remember
that this note, we call it the flat. That is with the letter B. The next note has to be something
with the letter C. Now, that's only possible when
you call this no, A flat. You see C is here. This note is only a
half tone below the C. It has to be
called flat again, because this note
was already B flat. My next note has to be something with a C. This is A flat. Okay, Now we go a
tone up to D flat. Another hole, up to flat, another hold up to this node
is called in this case. Finally we go a half step up, a half tone up back
to our root flat. The G flat major scale
consists of the nodes flat, flat, flat, flat. F, G flat. You see that the G flat major
scale has six flats Also, here is the same thing as
with the F sharp major scale. We said we only have five
black keys available. But in this case, with
the G flat major scale, we have six flats. Well, the sixth flat, this one, the flat, which is not a black
key on the piano, but it's a flat node
in the scale of flat. Let me again put the F sharp and the G flat major go together so that you
can compare them. You see that when you
have a closer look, you see that both scales are
actually the same nodes, the same keys, the same
physical keys on the piano. First, the sharp or
flat are the same. Of course, the sharp and A flat are exactly
the same keys. Harmonic equivalent keys, the sharp and B
flat are the same. The B and the flat
are the same keys. The sharp and D flat are
exactly the same nodes. The D sharp and the flat
are the same nodes. The sharp and are also
exactly the same notes. They're harmonic equivalent. Finally, of course,
back to our root F sharp and flat harmonic
equivalent nodes. They're exactly the same nodes. Okay, that's it about the
F sharp, G major scale. Two different scales, which are actually two
the same scales. In the next lecture, we're
going to play it on the piano.
11. Playing the FsharpGb major scale on the piano: Okay, we're going to play the F sharp and G flat major
scales on the piano. Of course, as I said
in the former lecture, they're both the same
physical keys on the piano. I have to do it only once. Let's start with the right hand. We start on the F sharp or flat, which is the same note. We start with finger two, there we go, 234. Now we go with our thump under our ring finger here
on the B or C flat. Depends on which scale
you're looking at. That's 123. Now, with your
thumb under your middle finger on Or sharp finally with
finger two back on the root, which can be sharp
or flat again. 23412312. Okay, let's go back. That's
exactly as always the same, but in reverse order. So that's 13214321, more time, 2321432. Let's do two octaves. We start in exactly
the same way, 23412312, and we just go one
in the same way as that we did with one octave. 23123121, More time 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2. That's two octaves up. Let's go two octaves down
as always. Same thing. Reverse order, 21321432. We'll just continue
in the same way. 123432. I think I messed up the
numbers here a little bit, so let's do that again. 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, Okay. So that's the right hand. Let's go to the left hand. Let me start to lower,
doesn't matter. I can start wherever I want. We start with finger four
on the F sharp or flat 321, then we go with our
middle finger over our thumb on the D flat
or C sharp, 321.2. On the F sharp or flat 4312 down to 123. Go with your thumb under
your middle finger. 12342 to 31234. So that's one octave. Let's go to the version
with two octaves. We start in exactly
the same way, 4321321. Now the only difference
is that when we go on with our second octave, we don't use this finger because otherwise we
cannot really continue. What we do instead is
going with finger four, ring finger on the
F sharp or flat. We do exactly the same thing. 43 on 312, well, let me do it again. 43232, finger four, now 432322, finally going down two octaves. Start with finger two to 123, with your thumb under
your middle finger on the C flat or the B1234, with your thumb under your ring finger on
the F or E sharp. 3134. Let me do it again. 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4. That's how you play the F sharp or G flat major
scale on the piano. As always, you practice
with the play along files that you can find in the
resources of this lecture. Yeah, as said, when you're
going 60-90 beats per minute, you can use the
metronome to go in little steps up 60-90 Okay. Have fun practicing with the play along files and
with your metronome. And see you in the next lecture.
12. The Fsharp Gb major triad: Our last major trite is
a bit a special one, because you can call it either the G flat major type or the F sharp major
trite on the piano. They're, of course,
exactly the same keys, because as you know, F sharp and G flat are the same, they're enharmonic equivalent. Let me first do the notes
of the G flat major tri, after that I will do
the F sharp major type, even if on the piano
they are exactly the same keys, G flat major. As always, we take the first, third and fifth notes, the root, the major,
third and fifth. You see the major
scale displayed here. So we take the first,
third and fifth, which are flat, B
flat and D flat. So those three nodes
together, flat, flat, and flat, are the G
flat major triad. Okay, before we go to the piano, let me do the same thing
for F sharp major again. First, the fifth root,
third, and fifth. You see the F sharp
major scale here are F sharp sharp sharp. Those three nodes,
F sharp sharp and C sharp are together the
F sharp major trite. Let's go to the
piano and here is the try it either flat
or F sharp major, depends how you want to
call it in root position, since the root flat or F
sharp is at the bottom. This is the first
inversion, The major third, either flat or A sharp,
is at the bottom. This is the second
inversion where the fifth, which you can call either flat or C sharp,
is at the bottom.
13. Blowing in the Wind in Db major: Okay, in order to practice
our newly learned G flat, we're going to play
blowing in the wind in the key of flat major. Our one chord is flat major. Our four. Let's go up in the flat
major scale, 1234, that's flat, that's our, our 512345, that's a flat. Also play here. Okay? So 145 flat. Flat, flat. Now, why don't I call
this one F sharp, because I said in
the lecture, okay, you can call it F sharp or flat. Well, obviously we're playing
in the key of D flat major. And in D flat major, the fourth note is called
flat, not F sharp. It would be sharp. If we would play
in C sharp major, then we would have
one court sharp, which is of course exactly
the same court as D flat. The four would be sharp, our five G sharp, which is, again, exactly
the same chord as A flat. But we're playing in D flat, not in C sharp. Why not? Well, because in C sharp we
would have too many sharps. You can see that in
the circle of fifth, when we go up, when we're totally down in
the circle of fifths, then we have flat sharp, has six sharps, which
is already a lot. But when we go a
fifth up to C sharp, that would have one
sharp more, seven sharp. Well, that means that G sharp
would have eight sharps. That's too much. That's why we do it
in the key flat, even if the keys on the
keyboard are exactly the same. Of course, that's also why the fourth node in the key of D flat is the flat and F sharp. Okay, that being said, we're going to do a
mix of inversions. Of course, you can do
first what's it called, the root positions, then the first inversion,
then the second. See what is best for
you to practice. I start with a mix
of inversions flat. What could we do? We could take Fsc
inversion flat here, that's the first inversion. And a flat, for example, in root position, why not 145? And we can play the bass
notes if we want also, So for example, this. So let me put on, you play a long track and we will start. Okay? I'll stop it. One
round is enough. You can do more
rounds if you want. Okay? As always, practice
other inversions of, don't forget the left hand. You also practice
with your left hand. Okay, see you in
the next lecture.
14. The 3 missing dominant 7th chords: Okay, from our new
scales that we did in this part of the course, flat and flat, we've seen
now the major triads. But we haven't seen the
dominant seventh chords yet. You know it's simple
to the triad you just add minor seventh for the
dominant seventh chord. Now I will show you how
to do that for a flat. You're going to do that for the two other scales or
dominant chords, flat and flat. Don't forget to do also F sharp. Of course it's the
same as G flat. You will have the same
keys on the piano, but the names of the
nodes will be different. You do that for the
two names at the end, or I mean, in the
resources of this lecture, you will find all the answers. Okay, let's start a flat. You know that the tet consists
of the nodes and flat. How do we find the
minor seventh? It's always the same. Go first up an octave from your root. Again on the root,
an octave higher, and then whole tone Is this
A flat and this is flat. A flat seven. Or you can also say the flat
dominant seventh chord. A flat, flat, flat. This is the root position to
make the first inversion. You take the lowest note
and put it at the top. The first inversion, this
is the second inversion, this is the third inversion. That's how you make
dominant seventh chords. And again, you're
going to find yourself flat seventh and G flat
seven sharp seventh. Okay, see you in the next one.
15. Exercise All the dominant 7th chords: In this exercise,
you're going to train with all the
dominant seventh courts. Now, in a former
section of this court, you've been doing
already an exercise with dominant seventh courts, but those were only the nine dominant seventh courts
we knew at that time. In this exercise, we added the three missing
dominant seventh courts. So that you have in total
12 dominant seventh courts. You go to the resources
of this lecture, open the PDF, and you see
that you have two links. First link only root positions do first debt exercise.
That's easier. You have only 12 questions
in the second exercise. On the second link, you
have all the positions, root positions and three
inversions in total. Four in total. You have four times 12,
48 different questions. Okay. Do the exercises and
I see you in the next one.
16. The 3 missing natural minor scales: Now that we've seen the
three missing major scales, we can, of course, also now finally make the three missing
natural minor skills, the relative minor skills of those major skills
that we've seen. If we start with the
A flat major scale, what is its relative
minor scale? Well, as you know, you
have to go a minor third down or three half tones
from a flat you arrive to. Which means that the
natural minor scale has exactly the same nodes as
the A flat major scale. Here's the flat major scale, and of course the minor scale, the natural minor scale has
exactly the same nodes, It only starts on
instead of on A. We can do the same thing
with D flat major. When we go a minor
third down from D flat, or three semitones, then
we arrive at B flat. The B flat natural
minor scale is the relative minor
scale of D flat major. That means that they have
both exactly the same notes. Here you see the nodes
of the flat major scale. And the B natural minor scale
has exactly the same nodes. It only starts on B flat
instead of on flat. Finally, the F sharp
or flat major scale. Well, let's take them apart. The F sharp major scale has its relative minor
minor third down. That's D sharp minor. Here you see the notes of
the F sharp major scale. The D sharp minor scale has
exactly the same nodes, it only starts on D sharp. Let's do the same thing
for G flat major. What's the relative
minor of G flat major? Minor third down is flat minor. Of course, flat minor is exactly the same
scale as sharp minor. Well, they have other names, the nodes, but on the piano
it's exactly the same keys. Here are the nodes
of G flat major. Flat minor has exactly
the same nodes, It only starts on flat
instead of on G flat. Those are the three missing
natural minor scales. Now we've seen all
the 12 major scales and all the 12
natural minor scales.
17. Exercise All the natural minor scales: In this exercise,
you're going to train with the
natural minor skills. Now, in a former
section of this course, you've been training already
with natural minor skills, but those were only the
nine natural minor skills we knew at that time
in this exercise. The missing three natural
minor skills are included. You're going to
train with all the 12 natural minor
skills to do so. As usual, you open the PDF that goes with the
resources of this lecture, and you click on the link
to go to the exercises.