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This Mind Blowing Hack Will Change Your Piano Life!
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This video is made to bring on a revelation in you. For most people who see it, even professional piano players it can be “lightbulb” moment, even a game changer. You will realise in an instant how patterns such as scales, chords and melodies can be moved up and down on a piano.
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Hi, Martin. Long-time piano/keyboard player here. I purchased this a while back. I actually cut the cards down to size, inserted them into transparent document protectors, trimmed them down to size, and taped them shut. I think the real benefit (besides the obvious visual patterns) is the finger numbers for each key (1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5). When I show these cards to guitar players, some who are pro and semi-pro, they immediately want to play all the keys! Guitar players think in patterns for everything on the fretboard. Scale patterns, arpeggios, triads, etc. Everything is a shape that can be moved to any other place on the fretboard. These cards are nice visual aids.
Thank you for purchasing and for this great explanation. I really need you on marketing team as I couldn't have put this better. Thanks!
@@martinfinnmusic Martin, you should make a set of cards for shell voicings (Maj7, m7, Maj6, m6/dim7, mMaj7). Anyone can cut up a piece of folder board and draw the lines but it would be nice to see it done right.
One of those things you can't believe you never noticed until it's shown to you. Mind is definitely blown.
Thank you! Yes, isn't it?
Good morning Mr. Finn. I am 69 years old. I have been a Choir Director/Musician since I was in my early twenties and I majored in voice in college. I have never seen or heard of the major scale concept that you have just showed us. This was amazing to me. I am going to use it for future knowledge and past this concept on to other young and older people who may be interested in this knowledge. Thank you for showing this concept to me today. I am tremendously going to use this for myself as well. I wish you continued success with your future musical videos & endeavors and I also wish you continued success financially as well. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us today. I really appreciate what you have just shown me. Have a wonderful day.
Really? You get taught this in grade 1 piano lessons
Not in my inn the area where I live. I have no need to lie to you about anything. But, still thank you so much for your knowledge. Best wishes.
What a lovely comment. I really appreciate everything you have said here. I am delighted that you got so much for it. I think everyone should know about this. When I first realised it for myself, it changed the way that I saw piano playing for good. The very best of luck to you from Ireland! Take care. Martin
@@orrinbynum5978same here. I have been playing for a while and this was never shown to me until this guy. This shows that no matter how much we know something, we can ALWAYS learn something new.
I appreciate your last message Mr. Martin. I am from Baltimore in the US. I lived and a very poor area in my city and my mom could not afford to pay piano lessons but, she was able to get me a used piano around age 13. I started learning piano in high school. I learn a few things for free the free class I got there. I didn’t really have great piano teachers until I got into college. That is where things got a little more serious. I majored in voice because it was easier to get through the music program that way. However my 2 child came and disrupted my college education. So I have to leave and get a job to take care of them. They are grown now and I still got a chance to play music in churches and I learn a lot of things from listening to gospel recordings and I was a choir director/musician and that allow me to make a little money to help me take care of my children along with my post office job. When I came across your video I said this is opening up something new to learn different types of scales. That is why it was so eye opening for me because I am still teaching choirs at my age and I am pretty good at it. I hope to put out my own music for my bucket list this year. I am hoping that some folks will like my original songs. Thank you again for your knowledge because I am really got to make great use of the knowledge you gave me in my own music. All the best to you in your future musical endeavors. Have a wonderful day and musical life.
I've been playing the piano for over 30 years and never noticed this. Absolutely crazy. Really good for helping kids and adult learners get comfortable in new keys.
Crazy, right?! I think that everyone has a way of understanding these things only to find the right angle.
For me, no hacks! I just learned all the scales with enjoyment! In and out of lessons!
Horses for courses. :)
I had this revelation while programming scales into an app a few years ago. It changed the way I approach the piano forever. Thanks for this handy trick with the paper! Also, I don't know why but it took a long time for me to realize the easiest way to play complex chords is thumb and pinky for white notes and the rest of the fingers for black notes.
Yes, it’s such a game changer when you see it. Fantastic that you realised it yourself. Such a buzz when it happens and so simple once you see it. Re playing big chords with finger and thumb on white keys - essential. Otherwise you are very limited.
It’s clever because we as new players focus on the wide front bit of the white key we press. The shift of our attention to the back of the key reveals same size which allows us to see the pattern … it’s simple and effective . I’m surprised at the range of moaners . Very helpful indeed .
Yes, you're right. It's just an attention shift. I love the reveal when it happens. Re moaners - you're always going to get them!
I just bought your material and boy... I was able to memorize all 12 major scales with the correct fingering of my right hand in half an hour. Must buy material. Thank you! Obrigado! Merci! Gracias!
Fantastic! That's amazing. Thanks for buying. Good luck with it.
I've been playing the piano / keyboard for over 40 years and I never realised this. Mind blowing! How did I not see this before ??? well done - liked and subbed
No, you're Kidding, right 😂😂 ?? It is TOO obvious. So you've NEVER looked into the TOP half of the keyboard to see and NOTICE that the thickness of the keys is in fact all EQUAL 🤔🤔 😆😆???
Thank you very much. Crazy, right?!
As a student of mathematics, I am constantly amazed at how one textbook or video can present an old idea in an innovative way. As for the fact that this idea existed back in the 30s, where is that 94 year old publication? 😞 Right, no where! 😐 I really appreciate this lesson.
@@TebogoMotlhale Please oh wise one, grace us with your superior knowledge and great virtuoso skillset. We beg you to teach us the proper way to play the keyboard as we realize that you and ONLY you have the answers to music and life in general!! We beg of thee, show us, teach us, train us!!! 🙄
@@TebogoMotlhale nope
Thanks! Im guitar player and this is by far the most useful piano vid Ive seen. Simple and most importantly immediately usable.
Thank you very much for your kind words. I'm thrilled. Yes, great for a guitar player coming to piano.
This irish man is pure genius.
You bastard!!!! I love you so much!! Thank you Sir!
Haha!! Thank you. You are so welcome!
@@martinfinnmusic😂
Definitely a great trick for learning. Especially when it comes to muscle memory. But I do think that eventually listening is going to be much more important than visualizing. If you can hear the scale/chord, transposing it will be just as easy.
Interesting way to reinforce the learned theory and transform it quickly into practice opportunities
I agree any new song ive learned i can hear my mistakes instantly just knowing how the song should sound, and im 100 percent a visual learner
Martin! This is so helpful it's quite unbelievable!! You're a star, thanks so much.
With appreciation and kind regards, Rik.
Hey, thanks Rik! I’m delighted you like it and that you find it helpful. The very best of luck to you with the playing. :)
Amazing to see this!!
WOW, positively BRILLIANT! The BEST thing I have seen in YEARS of music learning! THANK YOU!
Thank you! I'll admit that the video is a bit click-baity but I wanted to get the message out there. Great comment and the best of luck with it all. Martin
Brilliant! So simple and so useful! Thanks for sharing!
Yes! I love the simplicity of it. I get a buzz everytime someone says it blew their minds. :)
We tend to think if this a lot but you actually put in the work to make a printable convenient reference. Just purchased all. Glad to contribute.
Hey, thanks for purchasing. It was a lot of work but so worth it. The process itself actually taught me a lot. If need any help with any of it, let me know. 😊
Amazing! I told my piano teacher about this . She was blown away. She is in her 20’s . I’m 67- intermediate level student. Wished I had this when I was a beginner.
Wow! Thanks for sharing. I love hearing that. Every day is a school day. Good luck with the playing.
I started piano lessons at the age of 42! While learning the scales I kept thinking (and saying, to the dismay of the teacher) that all the patterns make a lot more sense if you think/implement in the full set of 12 halftones, rather than the 7 "main ones". In other words I realized the trick you've used here (and can "work it out" given enough time), although I haven't gotten anywhere close to knowing it by heart for majors, minors, arpeggios, etc.
You were on to it! So many people see it and it changes everything for them. Well done on that. Keep up the good work and you will discover all of the rest.
This is so amazing! Thank you for sharing!! My students will love it and I had a lot of fun with testing scales and chords just now. You have a fan now in Germany 😀🎹
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I love showing this to my students. Some of them get a shock!
Well, you've earned yourself a new subscriber today, mate!
Hey hey! Thank you. 😊
I took piano lessons as a kid, had jazz performance classes in college, and independently studied music theory for the past 12months. This video explained so much, and absolutely clicked for me.
No way! That's so interesting to hear of the breadth of your education and experience and that you can still experience the revelation!!
This is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much Martin!
I really appreciate that. Thank you for the comment and good luck with the playing.
Umm....this is absolutely mind blowing. Thank you so much ❤️
Mind blowing for sure. It still gets me sometimes!!
This is a great help for people who can't visualize the scales or chords in their head.
Yes. It really helps to demystify the keyboard and solidifies the shapes of chords and scales in people's heads. Thank you.
wait til you find out about the musical STAFF, treble AND Bass .... WOW!!
Hee hee. 😛
You’re a genius! Thanks for sharing this 🙏
I’ll take it. Thanks! 😂
Absolutely amazing. Thank you.
Thank you very much! ❤❤
Wow! This is so incredible. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome! Thank you. :)
This is a neat trick for transposing for us newer or dabbling pianists. I really like the simplicity of a piece of paper to see the move easily. This is also one of main reason I’ve played guitar so long and so little piano. Now maybe I can progress farther along than my “campfire” level of piano playing. Thanks! 😎
Thank you very much. Yes, it is as simple as I can make it. I realised when I took up the guitar as a teen that that instrument is just another series of semitones and that all instruments (in western music anyway) are set up the same. Good luck with the playing. Keep challenging yourself and practice every day. :)
Thank you, Mr. Finn for your work and your genius. I just bought the Big Kahuna and will use it to improve my keyboard playing. I'm 79 years old and in my five years of piano lessons, decades ago, never once was told this now-obvious way of getting better at piano.
The clincher in your video was looking straight down at the rear half of the keys and realizing that any combination of fingering will directly translate between any keys. It even makes me wonder if we should consider extending the rear of the black and white keys forward so that all keys are the same size, back to front. Certainly would like to try that.
The pdf's are, of course, set up for standard pianos. Many keyboards have narrower key widths. To help folks with those: we would consider sending our pdf's to the utility FinePrint. I've used this 'fine' utility for years; worth every cent. Put some scrap paper in your printer, and fiddle with different controls - enlarge, diminish, add margins, print to scrap until you find the best magnification for your keyboard. Then write down what you did, and repeat it for that keyboard. Pretty sure that should work well. I have several extra keyboards to try that on.
Good luck both to you and to all of us.
Jim
Hi Jim, thank you for your message. I really enjoyed reading it. Sometimes a simple reframing like this can make all the difference in your playing. I’m always keen to understand what’s going on under the hood - why and how songs work etc.
Re having all the widths the same - maybe but you can be sure that there was a good reason they did it the way they did. The collective wisdom of the masters of the past can’t be beaten when it comes to refining instruments.
The very best of luck with it all!!!
Thank you for your response, Mr. Finn. It means a lot. Good luck.
Jim DeMian
Wow! How awesome. Thanks!
Thank you very much. I never tire of it!! :)
*yooooooo this is fkn crazy dude!!* 😮😮😮😮
Haha! Delighted. It really is. I'm still getting over it. :)
Absolutely brilliant revelation, thank you for sharing your smart and creative ideas. Genius tutorial ❤
Really appreciate that. The world should know these things!
Thank you. It's a lot faster teaching my students the scales etc..
Thank you too! Yes, it is a very accessible way for anyone to learn chords, scales and arpeggios. Thank you for using it. Martin
Amazing info!
🤯
Thank you!! :)
That is awesome! I learned to play the guitar 26 years ago by using shapes, patterns and of course my ears.
Thank you very much. Yes, it's all about the shapes. :)
As an experienced piano player I can say that the concept is not earth shattering. However, putting it in a visual like you have can most definitely help those who are starting out and learning their way around the board. Nice job
Thank you for your kind words. Not earth shattering maybe, but can be a game changer if you didn't see it.
It's earth shattering for those like myself who can't break through the technical jargon or visualize the spoken explanation.
@@martinfinnmusic absolutely 👍 keep up the great work
As earth shattering as any totally new idea on a 300 year old instrument can be. Changes how I teach.
It's kind of obvious that those patterns just move up and down. But remembering those patterns when the keys look different in various positions is difficult, the idea to print cards for this really is a great idea.
That’s awesome. Thanks so much!
Much appreciated. I hope you get great use out of it. I know I have!
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for that!
I love this! Definitely new to me so I am thankful 🙏
I'm thrilled. Thank you back!
blew my damn mind. as a producer who can only play guitar, this helps tremendously with the keyboard
Nice one! I'm delighted. Good luck with it all! :)
I'm a new student at 70 and scales have been the hardest part for me. I've purchased your guides and subscribed to your channel. Thank you so much! I will be sharing this with my mentor.
Wow, Rose! You've just made my day. I'm delighted that you have found my guides a help. If you are anything like me you just want to know what to play and how to play it. It opens the whole thing up. The very best of luck to you with it all. Martin :)
Genius
Too kind!
Great teaching tool thanks
My pleasure. Thank you. :)
nice find
This is truly amazing.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that!!
gread is just great to see the piano as a guitar.
Yes indeed. They are essentially the same but with a different set up.
Tried today working like a charm 😊
Brilliant. I wouldn't lie to you!
Wow super amazing..thank you!!!!
Thank you so much in return!!
I took a few lessons and grew frustrated and eventually gave up, but this video just made everything click into place for me and I am going to give it another go. thanks!
Hey, that’s fantastic. I’m delighted to hear that and I wish you the best of luck.
Excellent Martin.
Thank you!!
Wonderful, thank you. I'm a drummer, but I want to be able to understand what the other players are doing.
My pleasure. I hope you shock them at one of the rehearsals by launching into Eb minor. :)
Awesome, Martin, thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
This is incredible
Thank you very much!
Yess! This is amazing!
Thank you for that!
Great Knowledge . 🙏🏾🌟
Glad it was helpful! Thanks.
my mind is officially blown into space 😂
I love it. I've only just recovered mine from when I saw it first!!
I’ve been playing for almost 2 decades, and this just blew my mind. I have never seen such simplicity put into something that is so hard to grasp
And think once you get his guides or make your own, you only have to do it once and you have them ready for whenever you want to play forever
Thank you very much. Yes, all this is true. You only have to see this once for it to make a permanent difference to your understanding of these concepts and getting or making the guides solidifies it. :)
Sensacional!!! Obrigado por compartilhar.
My pleasure. Thank you!
We have a piano! I don't play myself (I can play simple things by ear) but 2 of my kids do have piano lessons. This makes me want to start learning to play!
It sounds like you have an ear for it and believe me, that’s half the battle. I hereby give you permission to become a piano player. Go for it!!
Great job buddy 👏
I appreciate that. Thank you very much.
Incredible!!
Ha! Thanks. :)
Simple yet, brilliant!
Great comment. Thank you!
Very nice indeed. 😊❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Cool. It also helps to know the steps in every scale. Majors are WWH -W- WWH (W=whole step H=half step) Minor are WHW - WHW - W. This is the theory behind your chart and why it works as you move up and down the keyboard.
Yes, indeed, you're right. You can see the pattern jump out at you.
Wow! This is incredible .
It left me motivated to practice every day. Keep on sharing these kind of knowledge with us, that you sir.
Happy to hear that! Will do. :)
OMG, I've been playing piano and teaching for decades. and this never dawned on me. WOW, you just made scales and chords simple and accessible. Congrats Martin. I'll call it the Martin Finn Method in your honor.
The Martin Finn Method? I like the sound of that! Thank you for your kind words and for a great comment. If I can help you with anything, please let me know and good luck with the playing. :)
Thanks!
So generous of you. Thank you sincerely.
Fantastic. Decades of goofing off with piano keyboards, and I’d never seen it presented this way.
I've done my share of goofing off too! Yes, it's great to get an insight like this to make you realise it's not as hard as you thought.
Rad! Thanks!🙏🏿
Thank you! :)
Very clever!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video. Will help a lot
Thanks very much. I'm so happy about that.
this is actually amazing!
I think so anyway!
Brilliant friend
Thank you, friend!
Purchased & Printed for me (a beginner in Australia) ... so thanks, Martin !!! Just an FYI, on my MacBook Air/Cannon printer combo, the correct printing "Scale" is to "Fit to paper" ... not "Fit to printable area".
Fantastic! It’s my pleasure and thanks for that tip about the printing too.
This is a revelation ❤
Thank you. I think so anyway!!
Amazingly~Amazing!! Simplicity really does make the “Challenging” somewhat simple. A very good tool to aid in building that “Muscle Memory”
Thank you! Yes, the idea is to create a really simple entry point for people. I don't think it sacrifices anything in the process. As you say, it helps in building muscle memory. :)
Nailed it 👌
Nice. Thanks!
Greetings of the day Mr. Finn. Thank you for showing this innovative method; will check it out. Makes life easy to figure out scales without memorizing. Keep those good videos coming and God bless you.
Thank you for that lovely message. Yes, please use it and let me know how you progress. I'll be sticking around, don't worry!!!
Very useful. 👍👍
Thank you. I'm glad! :)
I was taught to learn the tetrachord intervals. Two groups of four note tetrachords. Learn what the intervals for one tetrachord of the C major scale and then apply it to learn the major scale in all twelve keys. One cannot go much further in understanding any theory until one learns the major scale in all keys. Your system is a visual aid to learning all the scales. After a lengthy amount of time learning the theory and improvising a lot, one then just sees the patterns and does not have to painstakingly analyze everything.
Thank you. The method you describe is a very useful one. However we come to our realisations is unimportant I think once we have them and can move to the next level up. I am a visual learner and it works very well for those who learn this way. The very best to you in your playing!
Subbed and like in under 2 minutes. great content
Welcome aboard and thanks!!
Bought the lessons, incredible teacher!❤️👍
Thank you so much, Tom. Good luck with it all!
You can add in maj/min chord inversions, and then I (do mi sol) IV (do fa la) V7 (si fa sol), or other chord patterns. This has so much potential also in jazz chord voicings too. You just changed my teaching, and I'm gonna call it the Martin Finn Method. Time to buy the "Everything Pack" and laminate them!
Yes, that's right. You are getting a lot out of this idea, it seems! One of my guides has chord inversions just like that. The jazz pack is in the works too. If you are having any trouble buying the pack, let me know. Martin :)
This is so dope!
Im going to buy
Thanks
Thank you, Chris. If you are having any issues, let me know. :)
G'day Martin, this is awesome! This has definitely got me thinking about the pathways of modes, into relative minors etc. Thanks for sharing mate. Cheers!
Thank you! Yes, I find it so I interesting. If you haven’t already seen it, check out my video about the strange mirror world of modes. I’m remaking it into long form soon. :)
@@martinfinnmusic Ha! That's awesome Martin, I am just about to make a quick video mentioning your great channel and concept, and I'm going to share something very simplistic about modes and how to find them, and what they mean using this method. This is very cool. I always knew a scale was tone-tone-semitone etc, but the relation to the fact that the size of the notes on the piano is static is awesome. Congrats mate! I'm just in the process of building up my channel. This is loads of fun.
Learned this my first lessons as a 7 year old student. It may help for many beginners that are having difficulty in reading and increase chord memory. Learning scales along I I found helpful.
Wow! You got a good start there. Definitely great for beginners and visual learners. :)
Been playing guitar over 50 yrs.Dabble in keyboard occasionally.This connects the dots.I have a couple keyboards leaning against the wall.Time to put them on stands again.Very Impressed.Guitar shapes are movable too.You could easily see your inversions using these cards too. Bought the everything pack.. Best Regards
Delighted. Yes, dust off those keys. It's a sin to have them idle. :)
Wow!! 😮 That's so neat!!
I think so too! Thank you. :)
Fantastic
Thank you! Cheers!
simple but cool
Really appreciate that!
Brilliant. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
😮😲🤓
Amazing.. simple... easy... and must have...
Many...many.. thanks!
Thank you so much. I made it as easy and accessible as I could.
This is soo helpful! Thank you, Martin!
Brilliant. I'm thrilled. Thank you.
Wow...that is an eye opener. Thank you!!!
You’re welcome. Thank you!
Make us a thin lcd strip that we can add to ANY piano or keyboard. Just allow us to shrink or stretch it to fit as needed.
Add a midi pad with 12 ke signatures and maj/min/aug/dim etc.
have the whole thing run a program of a whole song and allow us to move the song forward with a foot pedal.
We could then play anything at any time.
Karaoke night would be “lit”
Hell, add a script for every song in existence with its cord progression and we could play it all.
Thank you for the great comment. Very indepth. You are of course describing the obvious next step. That idea has been on my mind for a while now. Watch this space. Good luck with the playing!!
Very clever Maestro Finn... You've motivated me to look further into this. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for that. I'm delighted to have that effect on you. :)
It is useful to understand this but to move combinations of notes around the keyboard you'll find that learning the intervals between the notes of the chord is much faster than writing things out on a piece of paper.
Eg all major chords (in any key) is a major 3rd and minor third interval. That's all you need to know. You can do this with any chord shape, 6th chords, 7th chords, sus chords, etc.
Another trick is to make the shape of a chord by putting your fingers for the white notes between the black notes; you can then move your hand around the keyboard and get that same shape for any other key (you need enough muscle control to keep your hand shape exactly the same, which most beginners can't do, once you've played for a couple of months you'll be able to).
Thanks for the comment. Yes, everyone has their own way of understanding. For me, I struggled with learning scales from books. Maybe it's my ADHD, but I was impatient for the information. I wanted to just play. When I discovered this, it was the best single musical revelation I have had. :)