Piano Chords and Scales – The Piano Encyclopedia

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First, let’s take a look and learn how to play the C Pien chih Scale on your piano. To do this, play the following notes in ascending manner (from left to right, on your piano keyboard): C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb 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 Pien chih Scale on the Piano

The C Pien chih scale has 5 accidentals, and so you encounter this scale on music sheet you will see this scale written with a key signature that contains has a total of 5 flats and 5 sharps .

On the piano, it is much easier to visualize it, as this scale is made up of uses 2 white keys and 5 black keys on the piano keyboard. The white keys that you will play will be the C, and F notes and the black keys will be the C# / Db, D# / Eb, E# / Fb, F# / Gb, and G# / Ab notes. Remember that C# & Db, D# & Eb, E# & Fb, F# & Gb, and G# & Ab 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 Pien chih Scale

If we analyze the C Pien chih Scale it is clear to see that it belongs to the group of Minor Scales as the C and Eb notes form a Minor Third Interval, which gives it a melancholic and dark tint. It is also considered to be a Modal scale, meaning that it is tonal center is not based on C. Scales that are modal are usually used in ethnic music.

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First, let’s take a look and learn how to play the C Makam B