I recently started practice all 12 major scales starting on each degree of every scale. I can't explain it, but my muscle memory has kicked in and I am playing much more fluently without much effort. So I am looking forward to this video.
WOW you make it look effortless ! i am learning to read music and play the electric piano i am in my 50s and disabled but its something that i have wanted to do for many years .i will be watching your videos .your amazing
Good luck! I am 13 and I have also have started my piano journey. So far by memorizing all notes on a piano, and now trying to learn all 12 scales on a piano! :)
Nice overview! I have been playing for years, but have been lazy about learning my scales. This inspires me to work on knowing them better. Thank you!🙂
I’ve watched a lot of piano videos for beginners and you by far are the best! I hope you never stop these videos. Especially for beginners like me. Thank you!!
I’m trying to learn classical guitar by reading score sheets, I can’t emphasize enough how much your video made me realize the importance of scale knowledge, thank you very much indeed.
Thank you! I am a beginner, and so far your guidance gave me a lot of confidence, just in a couple of days! Found you when I got a bit stuck, now I am back on track again! :D SOOOOO happy! Love from Sweden // LInda
I'm so happy that your video suddenly pop up on my screen ! I am a beginner and I'm currently lost to what I should do next. I tried to study the basic chords and I'm glad to know this scales and I'm ready to practice.. I hope I'm doing the right thing.. :)
Zack was born with a piano brain! Thank God 🙏 he was born in my time so I can get wonderful 🙏 lessons! This is even better than college classes! He breaks everything down so simple.. just don't go so fast at times Zach.. still new at this!
Your" those" at piano in bad ass on it thanks for the talent and realization of the gifted inpatient one's you can guide. Great people are rare congrats and welcome to the club. I am awesome as well.
Zach... When you sing... 🎤 I get more inspired because just like you😶, even though I can't 😅 hit the notes🎵 vocally I have hope 😉 that Music has a place in my life by learning piano.🎹🎶
I'm currently using Yousicain to learn the piano/keyboard but your video really made it clear why it's better to learn scales as oppose to individual songs, thank you for sharing
Scales ar'nt hard in your head it's just knowing what fingers to use. I was and still am good with the sharps it's the flat keys. Then there is coordination with the right and left hand. Piano majors need to play scales four octaves. If you major another non keyboard instrument then two octaves are required. Scale passages in pieces are always present somewhere in a piece. Scales also help with arpeggi. An arpeggio are chords taken from scales. Master both and you will have better techique.
Drilled a bunch of scale practice for hours today and it literally made me like 60 percent better as a beginner keyboard player. If I had known this I would have drilled sooner.
Another awesome video, man. Thanks so much for teaching through these videos, you're doing awesome work. Can't wait to start mastering these things that you're teaching, and then playing it out there in the world. Keep it up, you definitely are making some great teaching videos. And thanks again.
I'm a beginner pianist and I have a question. If I forget about playing songs and concentrate all my efforts into playing scales will this be better in the long term. Cheers your the best teacher on RUclips.
@@najialotabi3742 here's how i do it, been playing the piano for 15 years and i still use this routine : 15 mn of scales, 15 minutes of chords, 15 mn of rythm, 15mn of "covering songs", and if you still have time and enthousiasm go sandbox mode and explore whatever aspect you want / improvise / compose. You can think of it as a fitnesse routine, or the different phases of a game. I'm making a website that organises all the necessary stuff to learn in a comprehensive way, i'll @ you when it's ready
@@pianospeedrun I have a doubt. I’m currently learning to play piano and I’m just a beginner and I’ve been using “simply piano” app which teaches the notes and makes us practice it with some songs.. will that be Enough for me to progress or should I learn something else too ? Should I practice something else from RUclips or somewhere else and what should I practice?
@@subashree7800 I know you posted a year ago, but just seeing it. I'm also a beginner who has used S.P. for about 1 1/2 years. I love it and am progressing, but realize I need to supplement my learning. Doing exercises like this is just what I've been looking for. Improved muscle memory, better understanding of piano and music in general.
It depends on your goals for learning and time. Scales are important for music theory and finger technique. I've played on and off since childhood and didn't really do scales, now I'm going back and focusing just on Zach's technique drills on a daily basis, and it's improving my technique heaps, especially my left hand. Especially the metronome ramp up, which is also teaching me how to use a metronome effectively (and not be scared of it!) These skills make my level of playing songs much better - with greater control, stamina and expression. I also feel like I 'know' the keys better/quicker. It takes time (at least 10mins a day) but actually I'm enjoying it and seeing progress week by week. Zach's practice plans are really useful ime.
I guess im randomly asking but does someone know a trick to get back into an Instagram account? I was dumb forgot the login password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
Can you explain how knowing the circle of fifths helps with memorising scales? Is it more the case when just looking at the keyboard? I just don’t see how it would help when playing in real-time, I’m yet to learn my scales though. Right now I’m practicing chords and moving through the circle of fifths but haven’t committed scales to muscle memory yet
I've been playing guitar for a long time and never have I come across legitimately good reasons to practice scales. I've been told, "That is what you do" or "Shut up and do it". Understanding the why is so important because it is about developing muscle memory and learning. It helps take the sting out of the boredom because practicing scales gets old quickly.
Scales are important for guitar, but because they mostly use the same patterns and are just shifted up or down the neck, it's not quite the same as piano. Once you learn a 2-octave G major scale starting on the 3rd fret, there is nothing new to learn playing the A major scale starting on the 5th fret (and practicing the scale in each key quickly gets boring). With piano, that's not truth...a whole different fingering is required to learn the A major after learning the G major. Guitar has a whole different set of challenges of course, particularly when it comes to reading printed music.
this guy breaks down the lessons better to learn music and songs . many videos out there , but having the knowledge but not able teach music in a SIMPLE PATTERN OR METHOD A VIEWER WILL BE BEWILDERED AND ENDS UP A SHITY COURSE. THIS GUY COVERS IT GOOD , WELL DONE!! JOINING HIS COURSES , JUST KEEP IT AN EASY PACE , NOT SO FAST SIR! THANKS MUCH!!
@@musicandmeditation2507 They are flats also.....but its best to keep them the same so that you won't get confused in accordance with the time signature you are using.
@@JR-vr6ri No absolutley not... Most Americans are not like that ... He thinks he's being funny, but the Prince comes off as being ignorant, crass and callous.
I think a good analogy might be to reading normal text... when we're learning, we see discrete letters as in h-e-l-l-o and have to spell the word out in our heads until eventually we just see a blob of ink that says "hello" and we don't even think about the letters any more.
i reckon that its is rather important to have some sort of keyboard with at least sensitive and weighted keys that imitate the 'feel' of a real piano, because those lighted cheap keys from cheap keyboards are rather boring to practice on
Summary of " 5 reasons you MUST learn your piano scales (I´m Serious!!!) " You will be 1. playing the correct notes on sheet and by ear. 2. takes less time to decide many notes at same time etc..etc... feel free to give improvements!
it gets extra fun when you add harmonic and melodic minor lol. there are 12 of each. so 24 total. it’s best to start with major scales. the order i recommend is to use the circle of fifths: C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G C (it repeats)
Zach thanks for this great resource it very helpful, can I ask a question about the major scales fingering sheet. The notes for C# Major(Db) are they correct, I think E# should be E and B# should be C. maybe I reading it wrong. Seamus
Seamus McQuaid yes logically it would be easier to think of E# as F and B# as C. But here’s why it doesn’t work. In a scale each letter is only used once and you must use all letters. So you can’t have C# D# F and F# G# A# C and C#. It has to read as C# D# E# F# G# A# B# and C#. Additionally the key of C# major has 7 sharps!! A real nightmare for pianists!! Hope that helps.
vivacepianostudio thanks Zach that makes sense. By the way I am one of your veteran followers started learning the piano at 65 and really enjoying it. Enjoy your RUclips presentations, cannot fault your enthusiasm its contagious. Seamus
Do you have any suggestions on how I could possibly retrain my right hand? A long time ago I broke my wrist and ever since then I haven't been able to move my ring finger independently. I was just curious if there were any exercises that could possibly help me out
Excellent video, however beginners should not cheat they should learn/practise the correct way. Then when they are experienced and have a better understanding then they can take shortcuts. We live in a world where so many people want to start something on Monday and become experts by the Friday (because of ignorance). The hard thing to do is to do the thing you do not want to do, Zach can play do you want to be as good as him or even better then practise your scales (discipline, discipline and disciplined practise until it becomes enjoyable why because you see the improvement in your playing).
@@youtuberbayleexiong908 It's like a piano-bro cap. If used backwards while playing scales, they will bring you extra muscle gains. Muscle memory gains, that is. Be sure to have your bro spotting, just in case.
i am not a genious at anything, i think i will be one day being this guy knows the right stuff as i keep up with his lessons. He has the talent to teach!
Learning the scales is a lifetime project. Takes forever. Then you forget them. Then you get to go back and spend forever re-learning them. Lifetime project. 10 minutes a day? You need to spend hours each day or you'll never get it.
Disagree. Nothing, absolutely nothing beats knowing your scales. Actually, I'm also doing Czerny and Bartok. I therefore can't imagine you're stating this. Well let me warn you: progressing with Czerny really really really means having total command of your scales. THAT'S A NOTE!!!!1
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I recently started practice all 12 major scales starting on each degree of every scale. I can't explain it, but my muscle memory has kicked in and I am playing much more fluently without much effort. So I am looking forward to this video.
When did you start practicing this way?
This is what I’m looking forward to being able to do! Awesome.
Do you practice all 12 major scales in one sitting?
WOW you make it look effortless ! i am learning to read music and play the electric piano i am in my 50s and disabled but its something that i have wanted to do for many years .i will be watching your videos .your amazing
Good luck! I am 13 and I have also have started my piano journey. So far by memorizing all notes on a piano, and now trying to learn all 12 scales on a piano! :)
I am 70. Zach makes so “much sense”. I wish I had him for my teacher when I was younger.
Better late than never.
Nice overview! I have been playing for years, but have been lazy about learning my scales. This inspires me to work on knowing them better. Thank you!🙂
I’ve watched a lot of piano videos for beginners and you by far are the best! I hope you never stop these videos. Especially for beginners like me. Thank you!!
I’m trying to learn classical guitar by reading score sheets, I can’t emphasize enough how much your video made me realize the importance of scale knowledge, thank you very much indeed.
Thank you! I am a beginner, and so far your guidance gave me a lot of confidence, just in a couple of days! Found you when I got a bit stuck, now I am back on track again! :D SOOOOO happy! Love from Sweden // LInda
Thanks for the pdf's. I like the amount of energy and enthusiasm you bring to the piano. I hope to learn a lot from you, man!
I'm so happy that your video suddenly pop up on my screen ! I am a beginner and I'm currently lost to what I should do next. I tried to study the basic chords and I'm glad to know this scales and I'm ready to practice.. I hope I'm doing the right thing.. :)
Zack was born with a piano brain! Thank God 🙏 he was born in my time so I can get wonderful 🙏 lessons! This is even better than college classes! He breaks everything down so simple.. just don't go so fast at times Zach.. still new at this!
I was just starting to learning scales today and this video comes up. Thanks!
No problem, glad you liked it!
Is learning scales important?
Started to learn recently and I'm glad I saw this while busy with my scales! Great video
I love muscle memory !!! It’s like magic !
Wow! Sir Zach learning techniques in piano is the best love it.
Your" those" at piano in bad ass on it thanks for the talent and realization of the gifted inpatient one's you can guide. Great people are rare congrats and welcome to the club. I am awesome as well.
I love your energy and enthusiasm... It drives the point home for me... Thank You Sir!
Zach... When you sing... 🎤
I get more inspired because just like you😶, even though I can't 😅 hit the notes🎵 vocally I have hope 😉 that Music has a place in my life by learning piano.🎹🎶
zach im from the philippines.im interested to learn piano...thank you so much for your effort to teach systematically.excellent!
Hi. Just wanted to say thanks💖.
The concept just started to MAKE SENSE...(now I can understand what others are talking about).
Love your energy! It's so easy to stay motivated listening your videos! Thank you!
I'm currently using Yousicain to learn the piano/keyboard but your video really made it clear why it's better to learn scales as oppose to individual songs, thank you for sharing
Thanks! Really amazing of you to give out all this quality instruction for free.
It's so true
....thank you....
You are spreading motivation. Thank you. 💝💝💝
Scales ar'nt hard in your head it's just knowing what fingers to use. I was and still am good with the sharps it's the flat keys. Then there is coordination with the right and left hand. Piano majors need to play scales four octaves. If you major another non keyboard instrument then two octaves are required. Scale passages in pieces are always present somewhere in a piece. Scales also help with arpeggi. An arpeggio are chords taken from scales. Master both and you will have better techique.
Drilled a bunch of scale practice for hours today and it literally made me like 60 percent better as a beginner keyboard player. If I had known this I would have drilled sooner.
Brilliant lesson Zach, thanks very much.
Thank you very much. Your posts are so useful. You are brilliant man. You have the best teaching method.
Another awesome video, man. Thanks so much for teaching through these videos, you're doing awesome work. Can't wait to start mastering these things that you're teaching, and then playing it out there in the world. Keep it up, you definitely are making some great teaching videos. And thanks again.
You are truly a blessing. Thank you! I’m so excited to try to learn piano again!
I'm a beginner pianist and I have a question. If I forget about playing songs and concentrate all my efforts into playing scales will this be better in the long term. Cheers your the best teacher on RUclips.
Same QUESTION ,if you find answer tell me 😖
@@najialotabi3742 here's how i do it, been playing the piano for 15 years and i still use this routine : 15 mn of scales, 15 minutes of chords, 15 mn of rythm, 15mn of "covering songs", and if you still have time and enthousiasm go sandbox mode and explore whatever aspect you want / improvise / compose. You can think of it as a fitnesse routine, or the different phases of a game.
I'm making a website that organises all the necessary stuff to learn in a comprehensive way, i'll @ you when it's ready
@@pianospeedrun I have a doubt. I’m currently learning to play piano and I’m just a beginner and I’ve been using “simply piano” app which teaches the notes and makes us practice it with some songs.. will that be Enough for me to progress or should I learn something else too ? Should I practice something else from RUclips or somewhere else and what should I practice?
@@subashree7800 I know you posted a year ago, but just seeing it. I'm also a beginner who has used S.P. for about 1 1/2 years. I love it and am progressing, but realize I need to supplement my learning. Doing exercises like this is just what I've been looking for. Improved muscle memory, better understanding of piano and music in general.
It depends on your goals for learning and time. Scales are important for music theory and finger technique. I've played on and off since childhood and didn't really do scales, now I'm going back and focusing just on Zach's technique drills on a daily basis, and it's improving my technique heaps, especially my left hand. Especially the metronome ramp up, which is also teaching me how to use a metronome effectively (and not be scared of it!) These skills make my level of playing songs much better - with greater control, stamina and expression. I also feel like I 'know' the keys better/quicker. It takes time (at least 10mins a day) but actually I'm enjoying it and seeing progress week by week. Zach's practice plans are really useful ime.
Thanks for the reminder Zach
Learn the circle of fifths too! It really helps with memorising your scales and key signatures.
Circle of fifths ?
The best website so far I found to learn piano is EasyPianoLessons5.blogspot.com
Hope this will help….
I have a very hard time with the circle of fifths.
I guess im randomly asking but does someone know a trick to get back into an Instagram account?
I was dumb forgot the login password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
Can you explain how knowing the circle of fifths helps with memorising scales? Is it more the case when just looking at the keyboard? I just don’t see how it would help when playing in real-time, I’m yet to learn my scales though. Right now I’m practicing chords and moving through the circle of fifths but haven’t committed scales to muscle memory yet
Amazing sharing, much appreciate Zach
I've been playing guitar for a long time and never have I come across legitimately good reasons to practice scales. I've been told, "That is what you do" or "Shut up and do it". Understanding the why is so important because it is about developing muscle memory and learning. It helps take the sting out of the boredom because practicing scales gets old quickly.
Scales are important for guitar, but because they mostly use the same patterns and are just shifted up or down the neck, it's not quite the same as piano. Once you learn a 2-octave G major scale starting on the 3rd fret, there is nothing new to learn playing the A major scale starting on the 5th fret (and practicing the scale in each key quickly gets boring). With piano, that's not truth...a whole different fingering is required to learn the A major after learning the G major. Guitar has a whole different set of challenges of course, particularly when it comes to reading printed music.
SOOOO HELPFUL! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Great video again!
Glad you enjoyed it, Luis! 🎹
very helpful thank you
Bravo!!! Zach now I get it thanks 🤙🤙😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Thanks for giving reasons for learning scales
Great tutorial!
this guy breaks down the lessons better to learn music and songs . many videos out there , but having the knowledge but not able teach music in a SIMPLE PATTERN OR METHOD A VIEWER WILL BE BEWILDERED AND ENDS UP A SHITY COURSE. THIS GUY COVERS IT GOOD , WELL DONE!! JOINING HIS COURSES , JUST KEEP IT AN EASY PACE , NOT SO FAST SIR! THANKS MUCH!!
You are always amazing
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEEP IT UP SIR
I’m sold!
A.W.E.S.O.M.E. & I'm TRULY Enjoying ALLLLLLLL of Ur VIDEOS!💕👌💕
Are you, by any chance, on drugs? I'm joking, your probably the most energetic youtube pianist out there though
Americans tend to be like that
He's high on Piano Excitement.
@@musicandmeditation2507 They are flats also.....but its best to keep them the same so that you won't get confused in accordance with the time signature you are using.
Hes very passionate
@@JR-vr6ri No absolutley not... Most Americans are not like that ... He thinks he's being funny, but the Prince comes off as being ignorant, crass and callous.
I think a good analogy might be to reading normal text... when we're learning, we see discrete letters as in h-e-l-l-o and have to spell the word out in our heads until eventually we just see a blob of ink that says "hello" and we don't even think about the letters any more.
May have been said already, but for purpose of improvisation.
Amazing
Thanks for sharing - i absolutely avoid song that have sharps and i think this is the reason bc i dont know my scales 😟 im gonna practice more now
Merci
Hi, you are excellent.💕
Gracias maestro por la lección de hoy 👍
Amazing video. Thank you.
Tq...sooo much
Zach
Just subscribed.
Grest Channel!
All the best from England.
Please also do arpeggi they will help like scales help.
4:25 Holy shit how did you know I do that
Really interesting to catch up ur steps pls
Grrrreat hat, dude! ;-) Read that "grrreat" in your mind as it was in the old Frosted Flakes "Tony the Tiger" cereal commercial.
Awesome!
What is your entire course fee?
Yes... may I borrow your brain?
i reckon that its is rather important to have some sort of keyboard with at least sensitive and weighted keys that imitate the 'feel' of a real piano, because those lighted cheap keys from cheap keyboards are rather boring to practice on
Intro put me off, but i stuck with it and it's not too bad.
Summary of " 5 reasons you MUST learn your piano scales (I´m Serious!!!) "
You will be
1. playing the correct notes on sheet and by ear.
2. takes less time to decide many notes at same time
etc..etc...
feel free to give improvements!
Um u gave 2
Helpful thanks
That Hat is amazing haha
How do you feel about just playing the scales a lot via Synthesia without memorizing the notes? Vs a song is obviously much better to memorize.
What order would you suggest Zach to learn these scales? Major and Minor? How many total scales are there major and minor? Thanks.
it gets extra fun when you add harmonic and melodic minor lol. there are 12 of each. so 24 total. it’s best to start with major scales. the order i recommend is to use the circle of fifths:
C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G C (it repeats)
How do I know what key signature a song is?
Zach thanks for this great resource it very helpful, can I ask a question about the major scales fingering sheet. The notes for C# Major(Db) are they correct, I think E# should be E and B# should be C. maybe I reading it wrong. Seamus
Seamus McQuaid yes logically it would be easier to think of E# as F and B# as C. But here’s why it doesn’t work. In a scale each letter is only used once and you must use all letters. So you can’t have C# D# F and F# G# A# C and C#. It has to read as C# D# E# F# G# A# B# and C#. Additionally the key of C# major has 7 sharps!! A real nightmare for pianists!! Hope that helps.
vivacepianostudio thanks Zach that makes sense. By the way I am one of your veteran followers started learning the piano at 65 and really enjoying it. Enjoy your RUclips presentations, cannot fault your enthusiasm its contagious. Seamus
Bruh thanks
0300 Pachelbel Canon in D
Would you please do a lesson on the song ( The Sweetheart Tree ) from the Movie ( The Great Race ) ……. I can't find any, and it's so beautiful !
Hello! How do you know what scale a musical piece is in when reading sheet music or other wise in general? Anyone? Is it just by ear? Thanks.
I love it! HEY ... Gimmee your brain! LOL
Do you have any suggestions on how I could possibly retrain my right hand? A long time ago I broke my wrist and ever since then I haven't been able to move my ring finger independently. I was just curious if there were any exercises that could possibly help me out
You are very active 😁😊☺️
Well you certainly it. Subbed
How do you read sheet music easy?....🤔
cool
I know I know, but there's many but's... shame on me. BTW, your cheat sheets are glued to my piano sheet stand.
I want that hat but can't find it on your site
Arrrrhhhhhhhh he called semitones AND tones steps
Props for the energy tho
Damien Hughes google “piano steps and skips”
Excellent video, however beginners should not cheat they should learn/practise the correct way. Then when they are experienced and have a better understanding then they can take shortcuts.
We live in a world where so many people want to start something on Monday and become experts by the Friday (because of ignorance). The hard thing to do is to do the thing you do not want to do, Zach can play do you want to be as good as him or even better then practise your scales (discipline, discipline and disciplined practise until it becomes enjoyable why because you see the improvement in your playing).
Can i learn piano with the 25 keys
Thx
Of course, glad you liked it!
@@becomeapianosuperhuman6765 hey also is there any chance you could tell me where you get your hat from
@@youtuberbayleexiong908 It's like a piano-bro cap. If used backwards while playing scales, they will bring you extra muscle gains. Muscle memory gains, that is. Be sure to have your bro spotting, just in case.
@@jbertucci where can I get it
My teacher just keeps adding newer and somewhat harder songs. Spent literally no time on scales. Should have been a red flag
anyone know any similar programs to this for bass and guitar that are free?
JustinGuitar is a great channel. Plus he looks like Norm MacDonald.
F is hard c'os I've got banana for fingers there not yellow
Hey Zach I really need to know where you get that piano cap I need 1😂
where can I get 1?
@Frank Heuvelman I've looked I didn't find it
i am not a genious at anything, i think i will be one day being this guy knows the right stuff as i keep up with his lessons. He has the talent to teach!
Learning the scales is a lifetime project. Takes forever. Then you forget them. Then you get to go back and spend forever re-learning them. Lifetime project. 10 minutes a day? You need to spend hours each day or you'll never get it.
Damn no simply piano taught me!
1
i learnt something. every 4th scale has move half note in a scale
Nice video
#jessicahombal
I see... my left hand's scales are undeveloped af and I play piano for 3 years xd
I'm already practicing Czerny. I think it's more effective..
Disagree. Nothing, absolutely nothing beats knowing your scales. Actually, I'm also doing Czerny and Bartok. I therefore can't imagine you're stating this. Well let me warn you: progressing with Czerny really really really means having total command of your scales. THAT'S A NOTE!!!!1
Why is there a B instead of a H?
English transition is a bit different,but B equals H. Sometimes u can see different notes name depending on sheets
Eryka Radwańska bruh no. The Natural Notes of music are only from A-G then it starts again
@@ferny9179yes in English, not in some other languages, where b is h