Major Scale Shapes
Scales are such an important part of music vocabulary, technique and knowledge. Learning them on piano is useful for many non-pianists: vocalists, instrumentalists, songwriters, composers… why? The piano offers a unique visual/physical perspective on scales/keys due to the layout of the black and white notes - each scale/key has a distinctive shape. While seeing many sharps or flats in a key signature may look daunting, the black notes actually help to guide our fingers - so don’t be put off; Db Major is a much easier scale to ‘feel’ than C Major.
The PDF linked below will assist you in developing a visual/physical knowledge of the scale shapes of all the major scales:
There will be a follow up to this exercise which is designed to fast track fingering for all the Major scales in an easy to digest manner.