Now, when you get to two white keys, you're going to use fingers 1 2, and then finger 3 on the F-sharp. Will you try it that far? So just play C, C-sharp, D, D-sharp with finger 1 3 1 3. So starting on C, the fingering would be 1 3 1 3. Now all the other white keys you're just going to use finger 1. Play E and F with fingers 1 and 2, B and C, E and F, B and C, and then back down. Can you try this on your piano? Let's just go up and down two octaves. Any time you see two white keys in a row with no black key in between. Can you take your finger 1 and 2 and just play them as a group. When you get to a group of two white keys in a row, you're going to use finger 1 and 2. You're only going to use three fingers: 1, 2, and 3, and the rule is black keys are always finger 3. ![]() So let's look at the fingering for the chromatic scale. But you add in all these half steps, and now suddenly you're watching in full color. Imagine like before they invented all these black keys, maybe it's like watching an old black and white movie. The chromatic scale is a way to add color and interest. So when you hear the words chromatic scale, you can think colorful scale. The word chromatic comes from the Greek word chroma, which means color. So the chromatic scale is a great choice when you want a sense of mystery or suspense. See right there how those notes move up by a half step? That gives it kind of this intense, suspenseful sound. It's also used in themes that create a feeling of suspense, like the "Mission Impossible Theme". and then he uses the chromatic scale to go back to the main theme. Beethoven uses the chromatic scale towards the end of "Fur Elise." Here at this place. I didn't know what a chromatic scale was, I just thought it made a cool, creepy sound like spider legs. In fact, when I was a kid, six years old, the first composition I made up was this: I called it "The Spider Song." I just thought that chromatic scale going up and down those five notes sounded so cool. Most of the scales we've learned have a combination of whole steps and half steps. ![]() And when we go from one key to the very nearest key, we call that moving by half step. ![]() What do you notice? You probably noticed I was playing every single key. I'm Joseph Hoffman, and in this lesson we're going to be learning a completely new kind of scale that is built totally with half steps giving it a very unique sound.
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