Riffs & Runs - part 1 | Ariana Grande, Whitney Houston, Ed Sheeran

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IN THIS VIDEO:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Warm up
02:02 C major scale
02:32 Pentatonic scale
03:56 Practice 4-note runs (using pentatonic scale)
06:04 - "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)
08:54 - "Almost is Never Enough" (Ariana Grande)
10:21 - "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran)
12:30 - "Thinking Out Loud" (Ed Sheeran)

STEPS TO LEARNING A RUN:
1) Slow it down
2) Break it down into manageable sections
3) Use a consonant
4) Gradually increase speed

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HELPFUL RESOURCES:
See https://www.pianoscales.org/major.html for all the major scales written out and shown on the keyboard
Check your pitch accuracy with a free tuning app like SingSharp or PerfectPitch, or a web-based chromatic tuner like tuner.ninja
Use a virtual keyboard like https://virtualpiano.net/ (and click "key assist" twice to see the pitch letter names with scientific pitch notation on the keys)

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