You’ll notice only white notes are in the scale of C Major!Ĭ Major has all white notes, and C Pure Minor changes the 3rd, 6th, and 7th note! Difference Between Key and Scale Though? Starting off with C Major is the best way to get a feeling of how music theory works. There are radio buttons right below the piano diagram, select scale!
My favorite way to learn this stuff is to go to the piano world chord and scale helper. So for example, C Major is actually the equivalent to A Minor! (So it’s just how you play those notes, in my opinion!) but each scale can actually be the opposite. People say major scales make happy music, and minor music makes sad music. This video is quite old, but it will sure help you to get to know the basics of how a piano works, and make beat creation much easier! What is a Musical Key, and what is a Scale?
