Today, it doesn’t take many words. I, Sven Haefliger, founder of Zapiano®, want to describe what it sounds like when you have truly internalized scales.
What it means to internalize scales
When you have internalized scales, you no longer have to think about which notes belong to a key. Your fingers find them by themselves, and you are free to improvise. When I sit down at the piano and improvise spontaneously, I could really keep playing for hours and completely lose myself in these wonderful sounds.
Start with the C major scale
If you’re just starting out, the best way to begin is with the C major scale. It uses no black keys and lays the foundation for all the other keys.
The goal: playing freely whenever you like
That’s exactly what I wish for my students: that you can simply sit down at the piano and lose yourself in the music, whenever you want and whenever you feel like it. That’s the goal. And that’s how you sound when you’ve internalized scales.
Learning to play the piano is a continuous process that engages all of your senses. That’s how you make sure that what you’ve learned stays stored in your brain for the long term.