FINALLY Memorize Your Major Scales! (eraser game)

00:18 - C major scale
01:16 - G major scale
02:54 - D major scale
05:47 - A major scale
07:44 - E major scale
09:39 - B major scale
12:04 - F# major scale
14:48 - C# major scale
17:30 - F major scale
19:20 - Bb major scale
21:19 - Eb major scale
23:16 - Ab major scale
25:26 - Db major scale
28:14 - Gb major scale
31:11 - Cb major scale

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[Ultra_Lowcrian]

I connected some interesting dots (or just realized something I forgot a long time ago) while drawing the circle of fifths and reciting along with you: 1) The key of C is all natural, C# is all sharps, and Cb is all flats. 2) The rest of the keys are just the inverse of each other, so since the key of F has one flat, Bb, the key of F# is all sharps except B. G has one sharp, F#, so Gb is all flats except F and on and on.
This may be confusing for some, but was a huge lightbulb moment for me just now helping reinforce and internalize it all. Thank you!

[dewardroy]

Loads of fun! Sorta like Seasme Street for musicians. 😂 Thisbis going to be in my daily practice routine for a couple weeks or maybe more. Thanks, Gracie!

[irasemoomoo]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDEDDDD !!!! DO MINORS TOO PLEASE

[tonyhddodge]

Thank you for all the work you put into making these videos. I took up playing the sax this year at 62 with no prior music experience, and I'm trying to learn as much as I can and as fast as I can. Your videos have really helped me out. Thanks.

[joegriffithsmusic]

A way I teach major scales, (and this also works for other scales in the same way) is when you have learnt all the sharp keys, then figuring out the flat keys are very easy (also this works visa-versa). For example, if F# major is: F# G# A# B C# D# E#, then figuring out F major is just remembering the odd note out: B. In F major it's: F G A Bb C D E.

B and Bb major work in the same way (you can try this in any key). B major is: B C# D# E F# G# A#, whilst Bb major is: Bb C D Eb F G A. So if you remember for the B keys the "odd notes out" are B and E then you are all good :)

If you want to take this further, if you ever (for whatever reason want to know) less common keys), then you just take the key you already know, (let's say the key of G# major for whatever reason), then you take the G major scale and remember that F# is the "odd note out" and you then make sure that all the other notes are sharp whilst the F has to be sharpened again to Fx (F double sharp). So G major is: G A B C D E F#, and G# major is G# A# B# C# D# E# Fx.

[bassManDavis]

Yippee! Loving it, I do have dyslexia and that somehow affects the speed I try to do it in, but I got the rethym ok and managed it all some how? Thank you so much Gracie x

[henridederen]

This is indeed an interesting way to learn scales! It is a bit challenging because you have to swallow everything in one go. However, I immediately feel the result because I can remember the 'sharp' scales better than before. I am now going to transfer each scale with your voice to MP3 . And then repeat it daily. I hope to have mastered them within the week. Without images I am of course less distracted 😊😊 Thank you for this lesson. greetings from Belgium

[jeanadubbs]

Love this method. Is a mouthful but rhythms make it easy to master. Thanks for doing this video. Can’t wait when you do minor keys.

[ydmrjro]

I am 63 years old learning guitar you are the best teacher I have ever seen may God bless you with millions of subscribers I am learning more from you than everyone on u tube put together thank you so much you’re the best 👍🏻🤘🏻

[maryk]

I’m pretty sure I will be reciting these scales as I go to sleep. Your previous lessons have really given me a head start on this. (Congrats on the new addition!)

[suziewolters]

This us extremely helpful, I love it, looking forward to the next ❤fantastic. Very much appreciated

[elevenade]

i cannot like this enough. I am going to revisit this the next couple of weeks. The rythm and clapping i feel really helps sealing the deal in my head. Thanks, Gracie!

[robcaveman]

Hi Gracie, your videos are very informative and educational. I appreciate all that you do. Thank You so much and have a good year.

[stevencharleswhite]

This video gets off to a great start by *not* repeating the tonic of the scale. Making the mistake of repeating the tonic confuses a lot of presenters, who will then in the same breath tell you that there are eight tones in a scale. So this video gets off to a solid start.

But... this is a 35 minute video, which is long by YouTube standards. To get me to invest, I'd like for the video to begin by making a compelling case as to why I should invest all of that time. And a case for why I should believe that this video presents this same old info in a new and fresh and worthwhile way. And the reason for my healthy skepticism is this: we need to do much more than just memorize the tones of all of these scales in ascending order.

Sure, that's all that we do with the alphabet. Nearly nobody can recite the alphabet in reverse, and/or index into the alphabet at random. Why? Because alphabetical order is pretty much the only reason you're required to recite the alphabet. But music is very different.

With scales, you *do* need to be as fluent with them descending as ascending; and you *do* need to know that G# is the sixth degree of B, for example. Not to mention needing to know all of the intervals from any of the seven degrees to any other degree in both directions. And you need to see (and internalize) patterns. For example, the A major scale has four naturals and three sharps; Ab has the photographic negative of that (the naturals go flat, and the sharps go natural). Go looking for those same patterns in all the other scales. With those patterns, you don't need to do as much blind memorization, because you're attaching meaning and understanding to what you're learning. With patterns like that, you can recall a scale to mind whole and instantaneous, instead of being limited to recalling it sequentially and mindlessly, like in this video.

And then you also want to be thinking more holistically about scales. Here, we're just thinking about majors. But if you take A major and flat all the sharps in it, you get the natural minor. If you're familiar enough with A to know that the scale degrees in that are sharped are 3^, 6^, and 7^, then you instantly know which scale degrees are flatted in a natural minor. It's these kinds of inter-relationships between the components of music that are vital. Not learning things parrot-fashion, like here.

[hoangvu]

I like it that your face shows an aura of mystery when you challenge us. Very fun, will definitely help with retention, even for people who easily forget!

[michaelballard]

This is a very good exercise that I will do daily until I have it down completely. Thanks! You have a great teaching style/method.

[Spetsnazty]

Your channel has helped me understand so many missing pieces.

Hope you’re continuing to post.

[gokulraj]

This is a gem of a channel in youtube😍 Looking forward for Minor scales☺☺

[gernblenstein]

I’m trying to learn to read and this exercise is very helpful! Bookmarking. Thanks, Gracie!

[lpa]

Thanks for your video! As a prerequisite, it will help to know how the Circle of Fifths is laid out and also to know your sharps and flats in order. (: smile