Re:Show HN: I made a MIDI tool to teach me piano
by zarzavat on Saturday July 09, 2022 @11:41AM
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> Not sure what you mean "you can just 'hear' scales". "You don't need to practice them any more"...except for the main reason you play them, for "warmups and physical training"? i.e. you do need to practice them. Or at least, they're the best thing to practise, I've found.
Beginners will learn the "D major" scale or a "E harmonic minor" as separate units.
Whereas advanced players have the hand-ear coordination to think of "a major scale" as being a 'sound' (intervalic sequence) that can be transposed to any key. For me, it's much more important to be able to sing a particular scale pattern, once I can sing it then I can play it on any instrument that I have proficiency at.
For physicality/warmups, the kinds of scales that I like to practice are symmetric scales (e.g. chromatic, diminished, wholetone, etc). When practicing scales for physicality it's especially beneficial to use the metronome.
Beginners will learn the "D major" scale or a "E harmonic minor" as separate units.
Whereas advanced players have the hand-ear coordination to think of "a major scale" as being a 'sound' (intervalic sequence) that can be transposed to any key. For me, it's much more important to be able to sing a particular scale pattern, once I can sing it then I can play it on any instrument that I have proficiency at.
For physicality/warmups, the kinds of scales that I like to practice are symmetric scales (e.g. chromatic, diminished, wholetone, etc). When practicing scales for physicality it's especially beneficial to use the metronome.