 Hi guys, this is Jason here from the Nathaniel School of Music I'm sure all of you as a piano player at some point in life have done this and then this and then this and then this again And then you go faster and faster and then you do other scales Usually we tend to start on C major for some reason and then do the other majors which have lesser black notes and then it goes up and Then you start doing minors and essentially The exercise is just going up and down the scale ascending and descending or ROH and Avarohan as we call it in India So in this tutorial I wanted to present five really interesting ways to just do that same thing and have a lot of fun while doing it at the same time really grow your rhythmic chops and Really know the notes of your scale as opposed to just it being a very muscle memory kind of thing So let's dive in and get started before we do it'll be awesome If you could subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on the bell icon for notifications So let's begin. So the first way to make the major scale Exercise a lot more interesting is to just look at the logic behind it, right? If you take the G major scale and just go up for five six seven eight Right, so now if you have to go up you're counting eight notes including the octave one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen Right, so either you're gonna end on 14 notes Which is the a at the descent or you end on 15 notes But then you shouldn't end because you have to keep repeating it so you go three four five six seven Or one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and You see that it it doesn't actually add up to a bar of four and most music we play is like a bar of four So I've always observed this you know trying this out and always wanted to do a few more things to just make it Sonically interesting while working on the technical things Which you need to to cross over the fingers and stuff and understand the Contour of the scale all at the same time So the first exercise just takes the seven notes of the major scale ascending and plays them over eight beats In other or eight sub beats So in other words one of the notes is going to be longer a crotchet while all the other notes are going to be shorter Quavers so you could start with maybe a crotchet and then endless Quavers So one two and three and four and See how that easily lines up because I made the first note long and you could follow the same principle The first note of the bar is a is a quarter note or a crotchet one One and two and three and four and continue one and two and three and four and one Lines up nicely, right And Two three four one two three four oh one two three four oh one So you could do this with any time signature I guess but four beats per bar or four by four is quite common So now that we've made the first note longer of each bar Let's now make the second note longer the second note now is going to arrive at a sub beat One and if you're dividing by two, right? So that's going to be the a which is the second degree So that'll end up being one and two and three and four and one and at the way down one and two Right so the end of the one and then the B will nicely line up at the on of the two make that long One and two and three and four one and two and E on the way down One and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two Three and four and one and two now we want to make the two and long or the C on the way up One and two and three and four and one and two and three and repeat Sing it. What else can we do? Well, we just move forward. Let's make the D longer. One and two and three and the D is at the three, right? So one and two and three and four and one and two and three and C on the way down. All of this really sounds quite interesting if you ask me, almost like a new melody on its own. Now the E which will be at the one and two and three and at the end of the three which is the note E, one and two and three and four and all the ands feel very exciting and very jumpy. So you go one and two and three and four and one and two and three and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one repeat. Finally the F sharp which will land at the last beat. One and two and three and four and right one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and so the A will be your last note. Two and three and four one and two and three and four and one and two and the end. So let's just do it from the beginning you have try to hold the pulse in your left hand or in the bass if you can with some chords I am highlighting the A which is the end of the one. Love this. Now the B the fingers get a bit displaced but I think that's part of the fun I guess right as long as you don't compromise on the sound D syncopate. So that was part one do head over to part two where we will discuss another really exciting way or another way to make just a simple major scale ascend and descend a lot more interesting right head over to part two and thanks for watching part one don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already.