How To Make Practicing Scales FUN

Practicing scales don't have to be boring - they can actually be quite fun!

In this lesson, we're going to be learning some tips and tricks to help us make our scale practice a bit more fun and exciting.

Scales are absolutely essential to know and master in order to become a competent musician. They are the foundation of what everything else is built upon.

However, scales are probably the number one reason people actually STOP playing the piano. They get so caught up practicing them, forget to practice everything else and just get so bored and frustrated with the entire process.

Fortunately, practicing scales doesn't have to be boring! It can actually be quite fun. We just have to get creative with them and find new and different ways to practice them and mix it up.

Different ways we can do this include using patterns, changing the direction and using a backing track.

Let me know in the comments what other methods you use to keep your scale practice exciting!

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[CaptainQueue]

Your teaching method with the split screen is superb. So few online teachers have grasped this key concept of teaching online effectively, in all genres, not just music. Well done!

[praiseafambo]

Am amazed how discipline your left hand works.

[krillinscripplindepression]

Just started learning back the basics after prioritizing songs w/out understanding anything i played lol

[simplialf]

Thanks for one more video. Simon is not just competent, but fun and an absolutely great teacher. Making music learn interesting.

[gabethebabe]

Wow this is super useful! Something we can all try and play around with. Thanks a lot Simon!

[nihaldoddamani]

New perspective bro. Thank you very much. Helped me alot ❤️

[dimasmayda]

Just what i needed! As always :P. Thanks bro!

[jai.dmusiccover]

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[tantif]

This is good. I prefer to try and count the scale degrees when I practice scales now so that the numbers are embedded in my mind and memory - ascending and descending as they are so essential 😀.

[johnmitchelljr]

I just pound on the keys with my fist blindfolded. Thank you for sharing a good lesson.

[GoaWaySanity]

Yooo Simon! This video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I have a question for you-I now know how to “jam” by using various scales and stuff ...but how do these musicians know which chords to play and what goes best together. Is that based of the chords of the diatonic scale? Also when it comes to slash chords F/C. I hope you know what I’m talking about.

As always Simon great content!!

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[adilsonjr]

Interesantísimo como tudo o que publicas. Saludos from Rio de Janeiro!

[Piano_Pig]

What other methods do you use to keep you scale practice exciting? 🙂

[shounyou]

Any specific tips/pointers for finger position when practicing patterns across scales (eg, the 1-2-3-1 pattern you described)?

[lkm]

First! Love your videos from an aspiring jazz pianist!

[DesignVidalLA]

Hi Simon. What keyboard do you recommend I purchase? So many choices....

[michaelnancyamsden]

Very interesting. Have you ever practiced them going in opposite directions?

[Narokx]

This channel is sooo lit at 1.25x or 1.5x

[lizabeththrasher]

im watching the chords for beginners playlist and im 10 so its hard
for me to reach chords like a chord that has C E G B flat is there a way to fix that or make it easier?