Archive for the ‘Music Theory’ Category

How to play G Major Scale on the Piano

Learn how to play G major scale on the piano. Free piano tutorial with fingering instructions.

How to play F Major Scale on the piano – Easy Tutorial for Beginners

Learn how to play F Major Scale on the piano, and how major scales are built on. Practice playing major scales in all the 12 keys everyday will improve your understanding and recognition of the patterns of music.

How to play Major Scales and Minor Scales on piano keyboard

How to play Major Scales and Minor Scales on piano keyboard. Access free video tutorials with scales sheet music.

Minor Scales in All 12 Keys

Learn how to play Natural Minor Scales in all the 12 keys.

Chords Built On Major Scale

Chords that are built on a major scale are simply chord of each of the note in a certain scale. For example, in C Major Scale, the notes are: C, D, E, F, G, A and B.

Basic Piano Skills – Key Signatures

Here you’ll Learn the 12 key signatures in music. There are 12 Keys in music, i.e. C, D, E, F, G, A, B, Db, Eb, Gb, Ab, and Bb.

How to Play Blues Scales on Piano

Blues scales are useful for improvising not only blues songs, but also rock songs as well.

How to Construct Minor Scale in Music

  We have learned about how to construct major scales in the beginner Music Theory section, and now we are going to learn how to construct natural minor scales.   The formula for minor scale is: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7 (Root, W, H, W, W, H, W)

ii, iii, vi Chords

  The ii iii vi Chords also known as Three Secondary Chords, see the full list of Three Secondary Chords in all 12 keys.   In any given Major Scale, there are three major chords (I, IV, and V), three minor chords (ii, iii, and vi), and one diminished chord (vii or o).   While […]

Music Theory – Intervals

  You’ll be learning the music intervals : Whole Step and Half Step. A half step (semitone or half tone) is a visual representation of a half step is any two keys on the piano keyboard that have no key in between them.  For example,  from key E to key F, or from key B […]

Key Signatures

Key signatures can provide a clue as to what key a piece of music is written in. In music, the key identifies the tonal center or home base of a song.

Major Scales

Major scales are used to create most of the popular songs you hear on the radio today as well as many pieces of classical music. Learn how to construct major scales in all 12 keys. Watch demos playing all the major scales

Circle of Fifths

Use this circle that has all of the 12 keys of music, the Circle of Fifths, to help you in improvising and writing music.

Table of Contents – Free Online Piano Lessons

ZebraKeys.com provides free online piano lessons for absolute beginners through intermediate advanced levels. Our piano lessons are broken down into five mini sections for each level of difficulties. Lessons come animated demos, and interactive music training tools to enhance learners’ piano skills.

Music Theory

Learn music theory – 12 keys of music, major scale, intervals, chords of the major scales, and Circle of fifths (5ths).