Fast, easy, pentatonic scale fingering for blues piano (1/5)

[radiokid2]

Guess it depends on the key...but for Eb minor I'd use 5321 431 4321...you can see it's basically the same as RH reversed, but you have alter once in awhile depending where a black key falls.

My comment "The LH is usually the RH fingering simply reversed" says "Usually"....that allows you to alter the occais. finger number but keep the whole RH scheme pretty much intact.

[wartree]

now with the left hand

[radiokid2]

@wartree

The LH is usually the RH fingering simply reversed...! (no joke)

[grzankomuzykant]

@radiokid2 Does reversed left hand means 5421 421 4321 or 4321 421 5421 ?

Thank You for sharing this knowledge with the world :)

[philnoll]

2-octave fingering. Thank you. I looked this up after someone told me to use 123 12.

I'm glad to learn there's a better way

[radiokid2]

@philnoll

Sure, 123 12 is a group of very strong fingers and OK for teeny, repetitive little ideas spanning less than an octave....the two octave fingering in the vid will actually transform your hand and mind into a diff. way of thinking.

[philnoll]

@radiokid2 Just tried it today with the Eb pentatonic. I dig it. But there's some strange ones in your next video. No wonder I have a hard time playing in certain keys

[radiokid2]

@philnoll

Right...the pentatonics are not convenient to play...BUT, the good news is that I'll bet that very little music ever uses a straight pentatonic scale anyway!....anymore than a straight major scale is used much after about 1875.

Most music I suspect, just uses fragments of scales.

Try to invent some cool Pent. fingerings that your hand "likes."....then tell ME about them...I'm still searching!

[philnoll]

@radiokid2 I'll tell ya, my fingering is pretty bad. I've been playing a Blues scale (C, Eb, F, F#, G, Bb) with my 1 and 3. Its bad form I know that, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Now, after watching this video and learning about a two-octave fingering, its seems pretty simple. I can just play that scale using 1234, 1234, 12345. Is that correct? I may still have it wrong. My pinky doesn't normally do anything but turnarounds.

[radiokid2]

@philnoll Your top few notes are a bit off...

Two octave blues going up might be: 1234 1234 1213 (5) the (5) represents the high C or turnaround note.

Going down would be 531 4321 31 4321

[philnoll]

@radiokid2 Why the 1213 at the top? That's so I can continue the scale upwards with the same fingering?

That's great. So are you promoting something here on youtube, because a fingering manual is definitely something I need.

[radiokid2]

For anybody interested, I'm completing a pretty darn good book on the fingering, applications and even zen tricks for blues and pentatonic scales.

[hellenic300]

it was also used in old Greek fold music from Epirus

[goribigon]

great video, i've been lookin how finger this scale, thank you !

[cocovi]

Great! Thanks!

[WaveMekanik]

Found some of the other videos Marius. Thanks! And thanks so much for the links to the other vidz. My fingers are falling off :)

[radiokid2]

@WaveMekanik thanks....the trick is that getting at ease w.this stuff will allow relaxation...then, no more tiredness.

"Relaxing" and "trying to relax" are mutually exclusive things! (LOL)

[WaveMekanik]

@radiokid2 Don't worry Marius. I'm a patient person. I just tried all of the scales from vidz 1 & 2 back to back, hence the tired fingers :) I think I learned more from those vidz than from a year's worth of traditional piano lessons.

BTW, can I use this type of fingering for other pentatonics, like Major etc? Or does that get messy with the different step patterns?

[koinoniaetshalom]

this is a real class. Congrats!! Thank you.

[keem85m]

Great tutorial. But I've always wondered: what does the flat mean? like B flat? a flat chord. What is it? :) I know the pentatonic scale and natural minor scale on guitar but I've never understood what flat chords are

[psicolor]

Thank you!

I always had problems playing pentatonic scales upwards and spend so much time practicing 1-2-1-2-3 fingering. This helps me a lot, I'm now getting really fast and smooth only because of this technique!

[DaveSolazzo]

nice video!!

[riddlereader]

Marius, did I miss the Bb minor pentatonic?

[radiokid2]

Oops...I did miss it...it's the same as a Cmi pentatonic fingering going up (covered in "Pentatonic Vid #2)....

123 1234 1245

Going DOWN is different::

531 321 31 321

Of course, when we actually play music, all sorts of diff. micro fingerings are used...but these original practice ones get you moving all over.esp. getting the thumb OK with the black keys.

Check out all the new vids ...I'm adding ones on rhythm and interval containers. These will allow you to play and sound like yourself.

[riddlereader]

Marius, thanks. I've watched 1 - 5, and am looking forward to the next one.

[sukkoisu27]

enjoyed this, and helped me greatly , thanks man.

[SolarFalre]

thanks! helped out a lot! loved how you taught about how the musician should think as he is playing. perfect.