Scales And Arpeggios For Piano - online tutorial

For Keyboard With Preparatory Exercises To Facilitate Their Execution.

By Franklin Taylor Published By Novello, Ewer And Co circa 1900

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It has long been recognised that although practicing scales and arpeggios can be boring, it can also be helpful in becoming a good musican. Someone has even writen a song about it which I hope might encourage you !:

Scales and Arpeggios Song
(Lyrics transcribed from Disney's Aristocats Soundtrack)

Ev'ry truly cultured music student knows.
You must learn your scales and your arpeggios.
Bring the music, ringing from your chest and not your nose.
While you sing your scales and your arpeggios.

If you're faithful to your daily practicing.
You will find your progress is encouraging.
Do Mi Sol Mi, Do Mi Sol Mi, Fa La so it goes.
When you do your scales and your arpeggios.

Mi mi fa sol sol fa mi re do do re mi mi re re.
Mi mi fa sol sol fa mi re do do re mi re do do.

Though at first it seems as tho' it doen't show.
Like a tree ability will bloom and grow.
If you're smart, you'll learn by heart what ev'ry artist knows:
You must sing your scales and your arpeggios.

If you're smart, you'll learn by heart what ev'ry artist knows:
You must sing your scales and your arpeggios.

You may also care to check out our music education section which has more scales & chords etc.

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS - online book, Content Index. Note: deduct 100 from the numbers shown to get the original page number from the book.

Title Page PREPARATORY EXERCISES - 0101 Scales - 0102 Page - 0103 MAJOR, MINOR,AND CHROMATIC SCALES - 0104 Page - 0105 Minor Scales - 0106 Page - 0107 Page - 0108 MINOR SCALES. Melodic Form - 0109 Page - 0110 CHROMATIC SCALES - 0111 Page - 0112 Page - 0113 Page - 0114 MINOR SCALES IN TENTHS (OR THIRDS) AND SIXTHS. Harmonic Form. - 0115 Page - 0116 Page - 0117 Page - 0118 MINOR SCALES IN TENTHS (OR THIRDS) AND SIXTHS. Melodic Form. - 0119 Page - 0120 Page - 0121 Page - 0122 Page - 0123 CHROMATIC SCALES IN TENTHS (OR THIRDS) AND SIXTHS - 0124 SCALES IN CONTRARY MOTION- 0125 Page - 0126 Page - 0127 Chromatic Scale, beginning in unison - 0128 Major Scales beginning with the first degree in one hand, and the third in the other - 0129 Page - 0130 Page - 0131 Page - 0132 Minor Scales (harmonic) beginning with the first degree in one hand, and the third in the other. - 0133 Page - 0134 Page - 0135 SPECIAL FINGERING FOR CHROMATIC SCALE - 0136 CHORD-PASSAGES. Arpeggios in which the thumb does not pass under the fingers - 0137 Page - 0138 Page - 0139 Page - 0140 CHORDS OF THE DIMINISHED SEVENTH - 0141 Page - 0142 Page - 0143 Arpeggios which require the passing of the thumb. - 0144 COMMON CHORDS - 0145 INVERSIONS OF COMMON CHORDS - 0146 Second Inversion of C major - 0147 CHORDS OF THE DOMINANT SEVENT - 0148 INVERSIONS OF THE DOMINANT SEVENTH - 0149 Second Inversion of dominant seventh in C, Root G - 0150 Page - 0151 CHORDS OF THE DIMINISHED SEVENTH - 0152 INVERSIONS OF THE DIMINISHED SEVENTH - 0153 Second Inversion of diminished seventh on G sharp - 0154 Third Inversion of diminished seventh on G sharp - 0155

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