I've been a musician for over thirty years, and I've never seen major scales explained so well. Great job, sir! I intend to show this to my daughter. :-)
Kudos for the video content! Forgive me for butting in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you thought about - Rozardner Inspiring Chord Reality (probably on Google)? It is a smashing exclusive product for how to play guitar scales without the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my old buddy Taylor at last got amazing results with it.
Thank you Scott! drop in the form at ernestchapman.com and I'll give you guys free access to one of my courses at magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
I have been struggling to learn scales for 4 years. I don’t know why I’ve never thought about it like this before? You have made the whole concept so simple. Thank you.
A quick cheat: Whereas the key of F only had 1 flat, (B flat), in the key of F#, B is the only note NOT sharped. Then, whereas the key of B flat had 2 flats, (B flat & E flat), now in the key of B, they are all sharps EXCEPT these two! This pattern follows through the rest of the keys. Learn the flat keys, & you automatically know the sharp keys! ♡
@@Somanybeats its a trick to learn only 6 lines here instead of all 13. Highly recommend having the videos chart handy for this . First compare lines of F vs F# but ignore whether its a flat or sharp. Its all the same order of notes. F G A B C D E. what this guy is saying is if F has one flat, F# is opposite, it has 1 normal note( rest are sharp). In other words, if one scale has 4 sharps, the other will have 4 regular notes. Or if 2 flats, its other scale will have 2 regular notes. Compare B vs B flat, E vs E flat etc.
I got half way through with understanding then got lost! I will come back to this and thank you for posting it! I am just a slow learner but appreciate your efforts!
Another great thing about this chart, column 6 holds all the relative minor scales. (minor scale that uses exactly the notes but starts on a different one to major) e.g. C Major > Relative minor = Am F Major > Relative minor = Dm and so on! Very useful for composition and writing songs. Amazing video, thank you 🙏🏽
I’m a complete beginner at piano but at 62 I now have the time and willingness to practice. I’ve come a long way in just 2 months but still didn’t have a clue on scales. This lesson was terrific for me at this early stage. Thank you!
I “get” all this because in my journey to understanding music theory I’ve written this down myself, but I never saw the “magic 4th column”-AND you explained it in 10 minutes! AWESOMENESS! I will be sharing this video with any music beginner I have the privilege to work with. THANK YOU!
Omg thank you, it’s always the most simple advice that’s the most helpful. Like literally, “I have to use all the letters and can’t reuse them” just made everything click. I also noticed instead of traveling in fourths through the scales, you can travel in fifths and isolate the 7. Thanks again!
I'm preparing for my ABRSM exams after 20+ years of playing the piano without music theory. You, Sir, saved me a great deal of headache. Simply awesome, thank you 💙💙
It might be obvious to some but for those wondering, the scale names for each row are as follows: C maj F maj Bb maj / A# maj Eb maj / D# maj Ab maj / G# maj Db maj / C# maj Gb maj / F# maj F# maj / Gb maj B maj E maj A maj D maj G maj C maj
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Never learned this way, just learned from muscle memory but I really liked your explanation! Mainly because it gave me a fresh perspective on the scales.
I stopped about halfway in the video since I only needed to know the circle of 4ths. However, just from what I watched this video is so helpful. I learned that trick in no time. I got it like that. What a great teacher.
I'm doing a Music ATAR and I know the very basics of notation but one of the requirements is to memorize scales. I've been having a lot of trouble with this and omg you just made it so simple. I kid you not my jaw dropped all throughout this video as I was shocked how simple it is. 😂😅 Thankyou so much!!
I've been stuck on that circle of 5ths for 3 weeks and couldnt figure out anything... few minutes on your video, boom eureka! Thank u so much, I can finally move on to the next step in playing piano
Thank you. I appreciate you sharing for talent, art, knowledge, and tips. I am looking forward to downloading, printing, and getting to the fun part Thanks again!! Blessings of this day to you!
Dude...I'm new to piano other than a bit of lessons when i was a kid...just reorganized all my piano/music theory playlists so they will be private and stay at the top of my playlist list lol Like this A, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 I'm almost done watching your video here and already save it to your playlist titled # ...thats it just #... that will keep any of your videos as the very top of my playlists! I'm the type to see patterns everywhere and knew there had to be a way to put it all out on the table. And you got it! Thank you so much for sharing Ernest! Best regards, Jen
Wow. Merci beaucoup for this. I've been a musician almost all my life. Well actually, I started piano 2 weeks ago after my retirement. I've been watching videos, and saw one on the Circle of Fifths, so I had a nice drawing, but you explained everything about that drawing. You bet I'll be coming back to this. Invaluable.
Been a musician for close to two years now and I’ve never really learned theory cuz it was always so hard and confusing but the way you explained this now makes everything I play have more sense to it 👍🏼and know where and why I play certain things
Three million cheers for Ernest Chapman! An absolutely, stupendously simple way to demystify the very foundation of music theory, that is, the major scale in every possible key. You have definitely earned a like, a subcriber, and some shares from me brother!
Omg! This is soooo wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This makes it so easy to learn scales! God has answered my prayers. You give the logic behind it. That is what I needed in order to understand how to learn the scales. May God continue to bless you and your knowledge in helping others to learn and enjoy the gift of music!❤ You are a true blessing!
You took the circle of fifths, went backwards (fourths) and made it linear. It takes up more space on paper, but it's more specific as each scale is written. Whatever works. Good job.
There are twelve notes in music and their octaves. Learning scales by calling each major scale note a whole step, is in my opinion counterintuitive. I prefer to not leave out counting the notes in between. That way I can put my finger on a key and just count 1,3,5,6,8,10,12, and there is my major scale. 1,3,4,6,8,10,12, is the minor scale, etc. This may be simpler for those of us mathematically inclined.
OMG I just tried out your suggestion and it works!!!! Thank you. I wrote this guys chart before I read your comment so I wrote yours too. I find writing helps me remember stuff. 👍
fantastically helpful vid, ernest - thanks so much!! i watched it a couple of days ago, and i've drawn the chart a half dozen times to fix it in my head. i agree with you - memorising without seeing the underlying logic of the scale progression (something i doubt i noticed before) is so much more difficult and confusing!!
I have been struggling to remember the scales with sharps and flats this is my ah ha moment Thank you for your explanation I am a beginner now is there a free download available. I have a test in 8 days Thank you so much
I've been a musician for over thirty years, and I've never seen major scales explained so well. Great job, sir! I intend to show this to my daughter. :-)
Kudos for the video content! Forgive me for butting in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you thought about - Rozardner Inspiring Chord Reality (probably on Google)? It is a smashing exclusive product for how to play guitar scales without the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my old buddy Taylor at last got amazing results with it.
Thank you Scott! drop in the form at ernestchapman.com and I'll give you guys free access to one of my courses at magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
@@MagicMusicMethod do you have something like this for minor scales? Would be great 👍
I have been struggling to learn scales for 4 years. I don’t know why I’ve never thought about it like this before? You have made the whole concept so simple. Thank you.
Circle of fifths. Look it up if you haven't
A quick cheat:
Whereas the key of F only had 1 flat, (B flat), in the key of F#, B is the only note NOT sharped. Then, whereas the key of B flat had 2 flats, (B flat & E flat), now in the key of B, they are all sharps EXCEPT these two!
This pattern follows through the rest of the keys. Learn the flat keys, & you automatically know the sharp keys! ♡
Oh that helps, thanks!
what?
Huh?
@@Somanybeats its a trick to learn only 6 lines here instead of all 13. Highly recommend having the videos chart handy for this . First compare lines of F vs F# but ignore whether its a flat or sharp. Its all the same order of notes. F G A B C D E. what this guy is saying is if F has one flat, F# is opposite, it has 1 normal note( rest are sharp). In other words, if one scale has 4 sharps, the other will have 4 regular notes. Or if 2 flats, its other scale will have 2 regular notes. Compare B vs B flat, E vs E flat etc.
@@Plagiarizie The musical term for "normal" or "regular" notes (not sharp or flat) is "natural".
I got half way through with understanding then got lost! I will come back to this and thank you for posting it! I am just a slow learner but appreciate your efforts!
Another great thing about this chart, column 6 holds all the relative minor scales. (minor scale that uses exactly the notes but starts on a different one to major) e.g.
C Major > Relative minor = Am
F Major > Relative minor = Dm
and so on!
Very useful for composition and writing songs.
Amazing video, thank you 🙏🏽
Exactly!
I’m a complete beginner at piano but at 62 I now have the time and willingness to practice. I’ve come a long way in just 2 months but still didn’t have a clue on scales. This lesson was terrific for me at this early stage. Thank you!
I “get” all this because in my journey to understanding music theory I’ve written this down myself, but I never saw the “magic 4th column”-AND you explained it in 10 minutes! AWESOMENESS! I will be sharing this video with any music beginner I have the privilege to work with. THANK YOU!
Thanks! Please share, and PDF is now available here: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
Omg thank you, it’s always the most simple advice that’s the most helpful. Like literally, “I have to use all the letters and can’t reuse them” just made everything click. I also noticed instead of traveling in fourths through the scales, you can travel in fifths and isolate the 7. Thanks again!
Thank you Ernest. I have never seen anyone else explains it so clearly, systematically and patiently. Well done.
It’s cool
well it might be systematic, but it is not clear or patient.
I'm preparing for my ABRSM exams after 20+ years of playing the piano without music theory. You, Sir, saved me a great deal of headache. Simply awesome, thank you 💙💙
It might be obvious to some but for those wondering, the scale names for each row are as follows:
C maj
F maj
Bb maj / A# maj
Eb maj / D# maj
Ab maj / G# maj
Db maj / C# maj
Gb maj / F# maj
F# maj / Gb maj
B maj
E maj
A maj
D maj
G maj
C maj
thanks, helps
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to learn about play best piano online course try Dalz Perfect Play Discovery (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my brother in law got cool results with it.
Thanks! I was wondering what their names were
@@vaz123 In A# major Bb and Eb are 2 flats( as mentioned above)
Ernest....I'm just an old guitar player and I must tell you, I LOVED this. What a great tool! Much thanks!
Thanks Patrick! Glad you liked it. I just put the PDF up too, here's the link: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
i've been trying to memorize it for a while and this video really helped me! tysm
Thanks Luli, glad it helped. Finally got the PDF up, available here: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
so many gems in the lesson. he's giving you the magic of the circle/cycle of 4ths. he should have mentioned this in the video.
Never learned this way, just learned from muscle memory but I really liked your explanation! Mainly because it gave me a fresh perspective on the scales.
I stopped about halfway in the video since I only needed to know the circle of 4ths. However, just from what I watched this video is so helpful. I learned that trick in no time. I got it like that. What a great teacher.
I am new to piano skills , but i realised that menthally we should see sinthetised paterns! Great ! Now here they are! Big thank you!!!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, makes it so simple !
I'm doing a Music ATAR and I know the very basics of notation but one of the requirements is to memorize scales. I've been having a lot of trouble with this and omg you just made it so simple. I kid you not my jaw dropped all throughout this video as I was shocked how simple it is. 😂😅 Thankyou so much!!
This is great! My dad has tried to explain these scales a million times to me but it hasn’t made sense until now. So thank you!
Amazing! It will even help more to call the “magical 4th column” the flat 4th column. So that any # becomes naked or any flat becomes a #
I've been stuck on that circle of 5ths for 3 weeks and couldnt figure out anything... few minutes on your video, boom eureka! Thank u so much, I can finally move on to the next step in playing piano
Great job, Ernest! Simple, straighforward, using the basics of theory without really referring to the Circle of 5ths...I love it!
Excellent lesson.Clicked in my brain instantly. Thank you.
Thank you! This is how I learn so I’m glad to have found this!!
Thank you. I appreciate you sharing for talent, art, knowledge, and tips. I am looking forward to downloading, printing, and getting to the fun part
Thanks again!! Blessings of this day to you!
First time finding your video in the algorithm. Just subscribed, hope your still making videos! This was great!
Excellent!!! Never seen such a best tutorial in the net!!!
Dude...I'm new to piano other than a bit of lessons when i was a kid...just reorganized all my piano/music theory playlists so they will be private and stay at the top of my playlist list lol
Like this A, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
I'm almost done watching your video here and already save it to your playlist titled #
...thats it just #... that will keep any of your videos as the very top of my playlists!
I'm the type to see patterns everywhere and knew there had to be a way to put it all out on the table. And you got it!
Thank you so much for sharing Ernest!
Best regards,
Jen
Wow. Merci beaucoup for this. I've been a musician almost all my life.
Well actually, I started piano 2 weeks ago after my retirement. I've been watching videos, and saw one on the Circle of Fifths, so I had a nice drawing, but you explained everything about that drawing. You bet I'll be coming back to this. Invaluable.
That's wonderful Ernest, Major scales so well explained. Thank you very much.
So good to see you here. Great video.
Been a musician for close to two years now and I’ve never really learned theory cuz it was always so hard and confusing but the way you explained this now makes everything I play have more sense to it 👍🏼and know where and why I play certain things
The flats/sharps thing always bakes my noodle lol
That actually helped me a lot for school, I was struggling but now I know tysm!
Thanks for this mate😊. I am a complete layman when it comes to the piano and this really does make sense. Thanks again😊👌
Circle of fifths and circle of fourth!
thanks for saving my but in exams tomorrow!!!
@CreativeCookieMonster 😂
Did you pass your exam?
@@mabellee1511 most likely I passed the class with a 89 but that was 3 years ago
The whole world needs to hear you brother 🙌❤️ thank you for your knowledge and time. I appreciate you. I’m speechless
Three million cheers for Ernest Chapman! An absolutely, stupendously simple way to demystify the very foundation of music theory, that is, the major scale in every possible key. You have definitely earned a like, a subcriber, and some shares from me brother!
Thank you! Happy to help. PDF is now available here: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast if you wanna dive deeper.
I am 4 weeks in to learning piano. The video is so easy and excellent way to learn scales. Thanks you
MIND BLOWING!
Great lesson, made more sense to me now. Thank you subscribed
Perfect! Bravo! What a way to put it together. Love it. Thank you.
Smart guy and very agreable to learn with . Good job mister!!
ive been playing percussion coming on my third year and I wish I learned this so much earlier
Never too late to start. PDF is now available here: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
Simply, Made Very Easy, I Salute You,,,,🏆🇯🇲🇺🇸 Mr. KeenObserVatioN 🇺🇸🇯🇲🏆
This was major help! Thanknyou for your divine energy
BEADGCF number of b’s->
Omg! This is soooo wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This makes it so easy to learn scales! God has answered my prayers. You give the logic behind it. That is what I needed in order to understand how to learn the scales. May God continue to bless you and your knowledge in helping others to learn and enjoy the gift of music!❤ You are a true blessing!
This guy is the best teacher ever
wow this was crazy as hell to witness haha. NICE. willlll be practicing this over and over.
That was really useful, thank you!
You took the circle of fifths, went backwards (fourths) and made it linear.
It takes up more space on paper, but it's more specific as each scale is written.
Whatever works. Good job.
Thank you Ernest!
Thank you so much. That's amazing 🎉
Awesome! Thank you!!!
Thank you. I love how you explain this video. Really makes sense. Just subscribed and looking forward to investing in your methods
Thanks Cheryl! You can check the PDF out here: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
Nice explanation. It is very clear. Thank God.
There are twelve notes in music and their octaves. Learning scales by calling each major scale note a whole step, is in my opinion counterintuitive. I prefer to not leave out counting the notes in between. That way I can put my finger on a key and just count 1,3,5,6,8,10,12, and there is my major scale. 1,3,4,6,8,10,12, is the minor scale, etc. This may be simpler for those of us mathematically inclined.
OMG I just tried out your suggestion and it works!!!! Thank you. I wrote this guys chart before I read your comment so I wrote yours too. I find writing helps me remember stuff. 👍
Thank you Sudheer sir for leading me to this super video!
Really great content. You made this easier than what I think. Great job .. keep on 🌸💐
This video was so incredibly helpful in both understanding scales and being able to visualize them. Thank you!
Never seen the circle of 4th's n 5th's explained so simply. Thank u :-). Makes me say, what else does this dude have? Lol
a lot LOL... thanks for the support
Me being adhd I couldnt focus so I didn’t hear a word you said until i actually had a look at the chart and figured it out
you are an incredible teacher, thank you!
thank you!
Great explanation !!!
This helped tremendously. Thanks man.
Glad it helped!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
fantastically helpful vid, ernest - thanks so much!! i watched it a couple of days ago, and i've drawn the chart a half dozen times to fix it in my head. i agree with you - memorising without seeing the underlying logic of the scale progression (something i doubt i noticed before) is so much more difficult and confusing!!
That's great! Here's the PDF resources: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
wonderful lecture 💯💯💯 looking forward to learn your method for minor scales soon.
You're welcome. If you start on the 6, all the minor scales are in here as well: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
Love the creative approach, kudos if you're the brain behind this system
Newbie here... thanks sooooo much for this
This is awesome!!! Thank you so much for explaining music in this way... makes much more sense now! I just became a student
Wow! you're so amazing about the scale.
Now that was very useful. Thanks.
Old video I know but only just came across it. 👍
I have been struggling to remember the scales with sharps and flats this is my ah ha moment Thank you for your explanation I am a beginner now is there a free download available. I have a test in 8 days Thank you so much
This was DOPE!!!!
Excellent presentation! Many thanks
LOL, I just learnt all the key scales in just a 10 minutes. Thanks dude!
Mind blowing!!!!!! Thanks
Very informative piece, thanks alot
Genius! A tremendous help
Very good explanation Mr.Ernest
This was incredibly informative, Thank you!
Glad you dug it Jaime! The PDF is now available here: magic-music-method.teachable.com/p/learn-scales-fast
very nicely drawn out. this helped a billion
Great Job, Sir 👍
Awesome method
😊
This was great!
thanks!
TY!! 👍🏽💯
Amazing. Have you got one for minor keys?
this helped me so much!!
What?!! Sweeet!👊 🎹
Thank you! 🙏🏼
You can also circle 1,3,and 5 to get the root chords
what?
Wow problem solved proper👍
Absolutely brilliant -
I'm dyslexic so this is harder for me. At first I thought you were writing about Muslims! ;-) Enjoying your channel. Liked and subscribed.
Incredibly helpful... thank you!! 😃
Thanks mate. Very helpful and easy to understand.