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i have learnt all the grade 5 scales and i know them but when i practise i still find it harder to play C major than say Bb minor. im starting to get annoyed when i slip up playing C major. why is it so hard?!! it should be easy- it has no sharps or flats compared with the 5 flats in Bb minor!
I am presently getting ready for my grade 7 piano and I have noticed in recent years that the scale of C major is one of the hardest. When you have a scale that includes black notes, such as D major, it is easier to remember since there is kind of a pattern of white a black notes. The fact that there are black notes also makes it easier to remember the fingering. However, for C major, all there are are white notes and no guide for the fingering. Playing the scale of C major hands together is quite a task. For grade 7 piano you also have to play the scale of C major in thirds rather than an octave apart and this also proves to be problematic. I haven't explained myself very well, but, at the very least, I fully understand what you mean.
C Major is so hard! Glad it isn't just me then!
| QUOTE (MBC_Tiger @ Jul 31 2004, 10:29 PM) |
| C Major is so hard! Glad it isn't just me then! |
ah good! i felt really stupid coz i couldnt do it!
yeah I actually find C major the hardest to play, and I'm doing it for my grade 8 
When you have no black note your hands are not so far on the keyboard, which is not as comfortable.
C major is all right for me...not very difficult...
Does it depend on which ones you learn first? coz I don't find Cmajor hard, and I learned it first, but I have problems with, for example, F# and C# in any form!
I guess to keep track of your C, just keep looking for the group of notes with two black keys 
Counting in four quavers, with a slight accent on the 1st will help too... you'll never go beyond the note you're supposed to reach.
Counting in four quavers, with a slight accent on the 1st will help too... you'll never go beyond the note you're supposed to reach.
Yes! C major can be difficult. It is because all the keys are white keys so that you will easily slip to another key.
Scales including black keys are not so difficult because you can hardly slip to another notes when you play the black keys.
Playing octaves is a good example, when you play C major, you may easily slip to another notes. However, for example, F sharp major, you will certainly have a smaller chance to slip to another key!
In Hong Kong, a famous song uses the beginning and the ending of Liszt's La Campanella (transposed to D minor), the original key is in G sharp minor.
When you try to play that, you must find playing in D minor more difficult than in G sharp minor(it is easier to slip to another key). It is the same as the scales!
Scales including black keys are not so difficult because you can hardly slip to another notes when you play the black keys.
Playing octaves is a good example, when you play C major, you may easily slip to another notes. However, for example, F sharp major, you will certainly have a smaller chance to slip to another key!
In Hong Kong, a famous song uses the beginning and the ending of Liszt's La Campanella (transposed to D minor), the original key is in G sharp minor.
When you try to play that, you must find playing in D minor more difficult than in G sharp minor(it is easier to slip to another key). It is the same as the scales!
It's like trying to play Piano 2003-04's B5, Berceuse, up a semitone in G major!!
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