{"id":13680,"date":"2015-10-04T15:45:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T20:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/?p=13680"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:19:58","slug":"chromatic-scale-exercise-with-piano-wizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/blog\/piano-wizard\/chromatic-scale-exercise-with-piano-wizard\/","title":{"rendered":"Chromatic Scale Exercise With Piano Wizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syKy927SdbE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Chromatic Scale is a great exercise for developing fingering strength, dexterity, and practicing the thumb under technique.\u00a0 Here is a 2 octave practice excercise for the right hand.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern is simple: 1-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-3-1-3-1-2\u00a0\u00a0 (1 is your right thumb, and then count towards your pinky which is 5).\u00a0 If it's too fast, slow down the tempo.\u00a0 Once you're mastered this, take it to 3 octaves using the same pattern, and increase the speed.<\/p>\n<p>Download the MIDI file below and add it to your game folder. (Make sure you are logged in and are a Sophomore Member!)<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sorry, link is only available to <b>Sophomore Members<\/b> (Piano Wizard Academy owners).<a href=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11656\" src=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2015\/05\/learn-more-about-piano-wizard.png\" alt=\"learn more about Piano Wizard\" width=\"297\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For instructions on how to import MIDI files into Piano Wizard <a href=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/blog\/academy-tidbits\/add-songs-piano-wizard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a great primer see how to use <a href=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/featured-teachers\/chris-salter\/the-elements-of-music-part-3-the-chromatic-scale-as-a-map\/\">The Chromatic Scale As A Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know how you do!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1027,"featured_media":13681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[265],"class_list":["post-13680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-piano-wizard","tag-wizardstudies","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33105,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13680\/revisions\/33105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}