Silly Sally Seeley (Minor Scales) You might be familiar with "Ebeneezer Sneezer" written by the late Lynn Freeman Olson (see footnote). It's a fun and easy way to teach very young students the major scale. All my early level students know it -- in fact we often begin lessons by playing it together. My [...]
Landmark Connect As soon as my students can name all the white keys, I introduce the landmark notes. But I have often found with transfer students that even though they may be able to look at a note on the staff and tell me that the note is a "C", too often they aren't sure [...]
Major Scale Fingering Chart Standard major scale fingering patterns fall into three groups, the rules of which can be memorized to help you quickly learn the fingerings for all twelve major scales. Use this chart to learn the patterns. Click here to download the PDF. Click here to download the [...]
