To play a Bb major chord in the first inversion (right hand), place your 1st finger on D, your second finger (index finger) on F and your 4th finger on B flat. Play these three notes together and you have a B flat major chord. If you’re playing by ear, a simple way to put it is to skip two white notes after Bb and place your finger on D, then skip one white note after D and place your finger on F. To arrive at F, move one and a half tones higher than D. To arrive at D, move two tones higher than Bb. To play a B flat chord in root position (right hand), place your 1st finger (thumb) on Bb, your 3rd finger (middle finger) on D and your 5th finger (little finger) on F. To learn more about this chord and others, check out my course, Piano Chords: How To Form Basic Chords On Piano And Keyboard. These notes are B flat, D and F, respectively.

Like other major chords, B flat major is formed by combining the root note, major third and perfect fifth of the major scale. Since it is a major chord it has a happy, optimistic sound, as opposed to minor chords which create a sad mood. (Please see how our terms and conditions apply to our exclusive Your Accompanist free-to-download resources).The Bb chord like other major chords, is a triad and consists of three notes. If you enjoy using these scales, please tell us To download, right-click on 'Download MP3' and select 'Save File As.', 'Save Link As.' or similar. Practice singing them smoothly (legato) or make each note detached (staccato). Take fewer breaths as your control increases, until you can do the whole exercise in one breath.

Many people like to use vowel sounds on their own or single syllables like lah, loo, maw, me, (give pew a try!).īreathe comfortably to begin with - and take a breath wherever you have to.

There is no hard and fast rule about how to use them. They will help you to sing in tune until you feel confident enough to sing your scales on your own. Michael has created each one individually with its own harmonisation so that you can have a context for singing in Here are some scales which we hope will help you practice. Singing scales can be dull and quite difficult without an accompanist.

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