August 1, 2001 | No comments | Heptatonic piano Scales
C Ionian #5 Piano Scale
First, let’s take a look and learn how to play the C Ionian #5 Scale on your piano. To do this, play the following notes in ascending manner (from left to right, on your piano keyboard): C D E F G# A B C.
This musical scale has 7 pitches per octave, and so it said to belong to the group of the Heptatonic piano Scales. For the non-music experts, this means that this scale simply belongs to the Seven-note piano Scales, or Seven-tone piano Scales , as dozens of many other piano scales do.
How to Play the C Ionian #5 Scale on the Piano
The C Ionian #5 scale has 1 accidentals, and so you encounter this scale on music sheet you will see this scale written with a key signature that contains has no accidentals, meaning it has no sharps nor flats .
On the piano, it is much easier to visualize it, as this scale is made up of uses 6 white keys and 1 black keys on the piano keyboard. The white keys that you will play will be the C, D, E, F, A, and B notes and the black keys will be the F# / Gb notes. Remember that F# & Gb are the same keys on the piano keyboard, that is, even they have different names they correspond to the same piano keys (they are called ‘enharmonic’ equivalents)
Harmonic Analysis of the C Ionian #5 Scale
If we analyze the C Ionian #5 Scale it is clear to see that it belongs to the group of Major Scales as the C and E notes form a Major Third Interval, which gives it a cheerful and colorful touch. It is also considered to be a Tonal Harmonic scale, meaning that there is a tendency of the scale to resolve to C – which will be its ‘tonal centre’. Tonal Harmonic scales can be found in all Western music..
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