As a child, I had no idea how much time the exercises must have taken for her to write-- for all of those keys, too! -- but even then, I appreciated and enjoyed playing these patterns. T… See more

I always begin assigning the 12 major scales and chords with the "Key of C" sheet. This won't be until my piano students are able to read the chord notes in the first measure (n… See more

Soon, their assignment sheetwill say, "Key of C sheet, #2, #3, #4." Eventually, they will drop the easiest numbers off their assignment and pick up the harder techniques… See more

My students are always eager to start regular full-octave scales, perhaps because I don't introduce them early, but spend lots of time on pentatonic scales, and perhaps because th… See more