Intervals Made Easy: Major Thirds, Minor Thirds & Their Families
Learn to practise major and minor thirds on piano using the whole tone and diminished scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music focuses on major and minor thirds and how to practise them across all 12 notes. Using the whole tone scale and the half-whole diminished scale, you'll cover every third efficiently while building strong finger technique. You'll also discover how augmented triads and diminished seventh chords naturally group intervals together, making them far easier to visualise and practise. It's a clear, systematic way to master thirds and strengthen both your ear and your fingers. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:40 - Intervals with all 12 Notes 01:49 - The Whole Tone Scale 02:43 - Pinky & Thumb for Both Hands 03:12 - Inversions of each other 03:39 - inversions of Each Other 05:07 - Finishing off the remaining 6 05:45 - Ab Whole Tone in Thirds 06:22 - Family of Augmented Triads 09:37 - 4 Equilateral Triangles 10:12 - Half Whole Diminished Scale 11:35 - The Intervals contained within 12:38 - Half-Whole are inversions of each other 13:39 - Diminished 7th Chord Families 15:38 - Revision ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MajorAndMinorThirds #WholeToneScale #DiminishedScale
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