The C Major Scale
A major scale is a group of eight notes that gives the familiar sound: DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO. You now know enough notes to play the C major scale. To play the C major scale smoothly you will need to play the F note with your thumb. Do this by moving your thumb underneath your second and third fingers on the way up the scale. On the way down the scale, move your second and third fingers over your thumb. This is called the crossover.
It is important to practice scales up and down every day.
An octave is the range of eight notes of a major scale. The first note and the last note of a major scale always have the same name. In the C major scale, the distance from Middle C to the C note above it (or below it) is one octave (eight notes).
Class Sessions
1- Legato
2- First and Second Endings
3- Right Hand Positions
4- The Note C (above Middle C)
5- The Note B (above Middle C)
6- The Dotted Quarter Note
7- INTRODUCTION
8- The Note B (below Middle C)
9- 12 Bar Blues
10- The Eighth Note
11- The Note A (on the Treble Staff)
12- The Note A (on the Bass staff)
13- The Lead-in
14- Staccato
15- The Quarter Rest
16- The Tie
17- Note and Rest Values
18- The C Major Scale
19- Notes on Grand Staff
20- Chords