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A scale goes from one key to the key that is an octave above that key. It consists of eight tones. There are different types of scales. Some of them are major scales and some of them are minor scales. Major scales have been described as sounding happy, while minor scales are said to sound sad or gloomy.

You will develop memory in the muscles of your hands as you spend time playing scales during your practice.  You will find it much easier to get your fingers to move to the particular notes in the scale that you are working on after you have spent some time practicing them.  As you glance over a sheet of music or hear a melody in the air your fingers will be naturally gravitating to the correct keys.

Anytime you mention scales you will most certainly also mention keys.  When a pianist hears the word keys, they think of either the ivory or wood keys on the keyboard or quite possibly the keys that a melody or scale is being played in.

If you have ever spent any time in a lounge or piano bar and hear a singer take the stage and address the pianist with “let’s go with the key of D”, then you might have been confused by his or her statement.  What they are telling the pianist is that they would like to start with chords that start with the D key.  They then know exactly where they need to begin to play their music.  If a chord in a wrong key is played it can drastically affect the overall sound of the song.

As you start your training in mastering the scales, the key signatures do not all need to be learned.  (The written notation in regards to the keys is referred to as the key signatures.  This is referred to as the key of G, for example).  Start your training off with the C scale.  When playing a C scale all on white keys you will be playing the major C scale.  You should start by putting your right hand in the Home Keys position on the keyboard.  You should put an imaginary number on each finger beginning with the thumb and going up from number one.

Play 1-2-3 as usual. This is C-D-E on the keyboard. Then, instead of playing the next note with your ring finger, slip your thumb under the fingers and play F with your thumb. Reposition your hand so that your thumb is 1 on F and your pinkie is 5 on the C above middle C. Then, continue to play up the scale. So, you are playing 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5, or C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. You have just played your first scale. Practice it a few times.

After you are comfortable with the C scale on your right hand, move on to mastering it with your left hand.  Rest your pinkie finger on the C key that is below middle C.  Your fingers should be mentally numbered from one to five beginning with the pinkie finger.  Play the keys as 5-4-3-2-1.  After you have completed this step, use your middle finger to reach across the other fingers and put it on the next available key.  Play 3-2-1 beginning at this location on the keyboard.  When you put it all together you are playing 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1, otherwise known as C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.

After you practice this for awhile, try to put the left hand and the right hand together. Play the C below middle C with your left pinkie at the same time as you play the middle C with your left thumb. Continue up the scale with both hands. It can be a little tricky at first because you are going over with your middle finger of your left hand and the under with the thumb of the right hand at different times. Practice awhile and it will come naturally.

Once you get the basic procedure down, it is easy to play other major scales. The only thing you have to remember is the sequence of steps and half steps in a major scale. The correct order up a major scale is: beginning note-step-step-half step-step-step-step-half step. You should be aware that, since there are no black keys between them, the intervals from B-C and from E-F are each half steps.

You can play a scale anywhere on the piano. Just pick a note to start on. It does not matter whether it is a white key or a black key. Use the given sequence of steps and half steps to go from there up an eight note scale. You can even start from the left of the keyboard and continue the scale all the way to the right. With a little practice, you will be proficient at playing major scales.