Piano Scales for Modern Music by Coursera
Course Highlights
- Construct and play a variety of scales used in contemporary music
- Identify scales in multi-genre melodies and harmonies
- Compose and improvise melodies using scales
- Utilize effective practice routines to quickly improve your piano playing
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
6 Topics
Course Overview
Welcome to Piano Scales for Modern Music!
Connect with Your Classmates
Earn A Course Certificate
Course Playlist
What are Your Goals?
15 Topics
What You'll Learn in Lesson 1
Building the Major Scale
Non-standard Fingering
Building the Natural Minor Scale
Essential Practice Tips
Lesson 1 Melodic Application
Improvising with Major and Minor Scales
Lesson 1 Playlist
Lesson 1 Notation
Homework 1: Scales
Submitting Your Projects
Lesson 1 Quiz
Self-Assessment: Use the Scales to Play a Melody
Popular Examples of Major and Natural Minor
Use the Scales to Play a Melody
15 Topics
What You'll Learn in Lesson 2
Building the Major Pentatonic Scale
Building the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 2 Practice Tips
Lesson 2 Melodic Application
Improvisation with the Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 2 Playlist
Lesson 2 Notation
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Homework 2: Scales
Submitting Your Projects
Lesson 2 Quiz
Self-Assessment: Improvise with the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Deciding Between Major Scale and Major Pentatonic
Improvise with the Minor Pentatonic Scale
14 Topics
What You'll Learn in Lesson 3
Major Modes: Mixolydian
Minor Modes: Dorian
Lesson 3 Practice Tips
Lesson 3 Melodic Application
Improvisation with Modes
Lesson 3 Playlist
Lesson 3 Notation
Homework 3: Scales
Submitting Your Projects
Lesson 3 Quiz
Self-Assessment: Improvising Within a Modal Tune
Modes
Improvising Within a Modal Tune
16 Topics
What You'll Learn in Lesson 4
The Minor Blues Scale
The Major Blues Scale
Lesson 4 Practice Tips
Making a Melody with the Blues
Improvising with the Blues
Congratulations and Next Steps
Lesson 4 Playlist
Lesson 4 Notation
Homework 4: Scales
Submitting Your Projects
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Lesson 4 Quiz
Self-Assessment: Create Your 12-bar Blues
Experimenting with the Blues Scale
Create Your 12-bar Blues
Piano Scales for Modern Music
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