MusicYears 3–5Piano
Piano Grade 3: Scales & Arpeggios
A, Eb major scales, hands together, 2 octaves; B, G minor harmonic/melodic, 2 octaves; arpeggios in root position
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine a piano keyboard. A scale is when you walk up or down the white keys, one step at a time.
- 2
How many white keys do you step on to go from C to the next C?
- 3
Tap the keys to play a C major scale — start on C and step up 8 white keys.
- 4
Let's play a C major scale together 🎵
- 5
What note comes after E in a C major scale?
- 6
Now try an arpeggio — play C, then E, then G (skip a key each time).
- 7
An arpeggio is like a scale but you _____ every other key.
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