Scales: Ways to Know a Scale: Reading Comprehension

music notation for b flat major scale

The ability to map the melodic-harmonic function of each note in a scale to music notation is a huge advance in your musicianship…

Here, for example, is the Bb Major Scale written over two octaves in both treble and bass clef, along with the letter names, scale degrees, and Solfege syllables for each note…

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Knowledge & Skill Set: Given the music notation and key signature, be able to identity the letter names, scale degrees, and Solfege syllables for any note in the scale.

Such knowledge and skill can be mastered with only minutes of effort–and will pay huge dividends in all aspects of your music-making: music-reading, visio-spatial keyboard awareness, “memorization”, playing by ear, piano technique, interpretation, transposition, and improvisation–guaranteed!


learn more… Ways to Know a Scale: Keyboard Awareness

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