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EKS Lesson Two Introducing scales

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Lesson Objectives

Introduce major scales for the notes A and G.
Understand the relationship between major triads and major scales
Perform ascending and descending scales using quarter notes.
Introduce and apply right hand fingering for scales.

Introducing scales

In Lesson 1, we learned to play the major triads of A and G. In this lesson we will learn how to play a scale on each of these notes.

The scale of any note includes the notes of the triad. Furthermore it is useful to know that:

the major triad has three (3) notes;
the major scale has seven (7) notes.

There is a relationship between the major triad and the major scale which we will use to build our first scale – the scale of G major.

Next: Triad / scale relationship

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