Piano Grade 6 Materials | Scales

Grade 6 - Practise Scales


Here are books for learning scales for the piano grade 6 exam.


📖 "Scales afford an excellent means for the study of both legato and staccato. Scales are valueless unless the student practices them with his 'ears' as well as his fingers. Mozart was accused of playing a note in a composition (which required both hands at the extremities of the piano) with his nose. If students could learn to practise with their ears open and keen to hear niceties of tone, the task of the teacher would be a far more enjoyable and profitable one and music throughout the world would advance very materially."
Joseph Lhevinne in Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing


📖 "Don't neglect the scales and arpeggios, and think that you will make up your marks on the pieces. Everything counts in the total."
Alec Rowley's DON'TS FOR CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINATIONS, in Do's and Don'ts for Musicians. A Handbook for Teachers and Performers


📖 "When I get started at the piano, for the first 10 minutes I play scales, slowly. I have done this all my life. Listen to the sounds you make. The sound of each tone witll generate a response in you. It will give you energy."
Van Cliburn


📖 "Do you ask me how good a player you may become? Then tell me how much you practise the scales."
Carl Czerny


📖 "I consider the practice of scales important not only for the fingers, but also for the discipline of the ear with regard to the feeling of tonality, understanding of intervals, and the comprehension of the tonal compass of the piano."
Josef Hofmann


📖 "Scales should never be dry. If you are not interested in them, work with them until you do become interested in them."
Artus Rubinstein


📖 "I believe this matter of insisting upon a thorough technical knowledge, particularly scale playing, is a very vital one. The mere ability to play a few pieces does not constitute musical proficiency."
Serge Rachmaninov



Grade 6 Piano Scales Books


📚 ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios, Grade 6: from 2021

📚 ABRSM The Manual of Scales, Broken Chords and Arpeggios

📚 Koh, Josephine Mastering Scales and Arpeggios for Piano Grades 6-7

📚 Willard A Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco The First Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios: & Cadences (Alfred's Basic Piano Library)



Download Exercises and Manuals for Improving Grade 6 Scales


👉 Duvernoy, Jean-Baptiste Manuel théorique et pratique des gammes, Op.304


👉 Lemoine, Henry Méthode théorique et pratique pour le piano








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