Dramatic Piano Scales

These scales contain an interval that will not sit still: an augmented second, or a chromatic run with no tonal home. They create tension by construction, which makes them enormously effective in small doses and exhausting in large ones.

24 scales carry this tag, across 2 scale types: harmonic minor, chromatic. Each one has its notes spelled for that key, a fingering worked out for that key, and a piano you can play it on.

Harmonic Minor Scales

A dramatic minor scale with a raised 7th — common in classical and Middle Eastern music.

Chromatic Scales

Every semitone from root to octave. A fundamental dexterity exercise.

Other tags

The same 120 scales, sorted a different way.

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