Scales and Chords: A Progressive Approach to Learning Major and Minor Scales

By Wendy S. Murphy

Finally! A scales and chords book that gives progressive levels of instruction and practices learning scales, chords, and arpeggios. Throughout this book, the piano student will encounter fun exercises that challenge the mind as well as the fingers. Scales and chords are the backbone of musical compositions, and a thorough grounding in the basic scales, chords, and arpeggios is essential for the up-and-coming pianist.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514404386

Wendy S. Murphy

Wendy Fachini was born in 1966 in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Hilton, New York. She began piano lessons at the age of five and continued privately for seventeen years. She earned a bachelor of music from Heidelberg University in 1988 and continued with two years of graduate studies in musicology at University of California, Los Angeles. In 1994, she opened a piano studio in Thousand Oaks, California, where she teaches today. She is an active member of the Music Teacher’s Association of California (MTAC).

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Copyright © 2015 by Wendy S. Murphy. 724063

ISBN:      Softcover         978-1-5144-0439-3

               EBook              978-1-5144-0438-6

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Rev. date: 09/14/2015

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Contents

Introduction – How to Use This Book

Preface

What Is a Major Scale?

What Is a Natural Minor Scale?

The Circle of Fifths

Preparatory Scale Pattern

Scale Pattern 1

Scale Pattern 2

Scale Pattern 3

Scale Pattern 4

Scale Pattern 5

Scale Pattern 6

Keyboard Harmony

Scale Pattern 7

Scale Pattern 8

Scale Pattern 9

Scale Pattern 10

Scale Pattern 11

Appendix I – One-Octave Scale Fingerings

Appendix II – Chord Progressions

Appendix III – Chromatic Scales

Appendix IV – Two-Octave Arpeggios Basic Fingering

Appendix V – Major and Minor