Subset Scales on Piano: Create New Colours From Major & Minor Scales
Create subset scales on piano by removing notes from familiar major and minor scales. Explore pentatonic recaps, modal subsets and left-hand bass choices for new melodic colours. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explains his idea of 'subset scales' and demonstrates it with popular Carnatic ragas: Savithri, Jana Sammodhini, Hamsadhwani, Sunaadavinodini and Madhyamaavathi, with a recap of the major and minor pentatonic scales. You'll see how subset scales help you make melody lines more creative and unique, explore new bass possibilities, create catchy motifs, and highlight the notes that matter most in a scale. It's a fresh, melodic way to bring Indian classical colour into your playing on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 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 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SubsetScales #CarnaticRagas #PentatonicScale Chapters 00:00 Subset scales and raga colours 00:26 Remove notes from a parent scale 01:23 Highlight different intervals 02:25 Major and minor pentatonic recap 04:16 A subset of the Mixolydian scale 05:39 Explore another scale colour 06:32 Harmonic options 07:21 A major-scale subset 08:08 A Lydian-scale subset 09:43 A minor-scale subset 10:50 Vary the bass notes 11:13 Recap
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