This Mind Blowing Hack Will Change Your Piano Life!

One of those things you can't believe you never noticed until it's shown to you. Mind is definitely blown.

Hi, Martin. Long-time piano/keyboard player here. I purchased this a while back. I actually cut the cards down to size, inserted them into transparent document protectors, trimmed them down to size, and taped them shut. I think the real benefit (besides the obvious visual patterns) is the finger numbers for each key (1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5). When I show these cards to guitar players, some who are pro and semi-pro, they immediately want to play all the keys! Guitar players think in patterns for everything on the fretboard. Scale patterns, arpeggios, triads, etc. Everything is a shape that can be moved to any other place on the fretboard. These cards are nice visual aids.

Good morning Mr. Finn. I am 69 years old. I have been a Choir Director/Musician since I was in my early twenties and I majored in voice in college. I have never seen or heard of the major scale concept that you have just showed us. This was amazing to me. I am going to use it for future knowledge and past this concept on to other young and older people who may be interested in this knowledge. Thank you for showing this concept to me today. I am tremendously going to use this for myself as well. I wish you continued success with your future musical videos & endeavors and I also wish you continued success financially as well. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us today. I really appreciate what you have just shown me. Have a wonderful day.

I've been playing the piano / keyboard for over 40 years and I never realised this. Mind blowing! How did I not see this before ??? well done - liked and subbed

I've been playing the piano for over 30 years and never noticed this. Absolutely crazy. Really good for helping kids and adult learners get comfortable in new keys.

I had this revelation while programming scales into an app a few years ago. It changed the way I approach the piano forever. Thanks for this handy trick with the paper! Also, I don't know why but it took a long time for me to realize the easiest way to play complex chords is thumb and pinky for white notes and the rest of the fingers for black notes.

It’s clever because we as new players focus on the wide front bit of the white key we press. The shift of our attention to the back of the key reveals same size which allows us to see the pattern … it’s simple and effective . I’m surprised at the range of moaners . Very helpful indeed .

I just bought your material and boy... I was able to memorize all 12 major scales with the correct fingering of my right hand in half an hour. Must buy material. Thank you! Obrigado! Merci! Gracias!

OMG, I've been playing piano and teaching for decades. and this never dawned on me. WOW, you just made scales and chords simple and accessible. Congrats Martin. I'll call it the Martin Finn Method in your honor.

Thanks! Im guitar player and this is by far the most useful piano vid Ive seen. Simple and most importantly immediately usable.

Definitely a great trick for learning. Especially when it comes to muscle memory. But I do think that eventually listening is going to be much more important than visualizing. If you can hear the scale/chord, transposing it will be just as easy.

Amazing! I told my piano teacher about this . She was blown away. She is in her 20’s . I’m 67- intermediate level student. Wished I had this when I was a beginner.

I took piano lessons as a kid, had jazz performance classes in college, and independently studied music theory for the past 12months. This video explained so much, and absolutely clicked for me.

You bastard!!!! I love you so much!! Thank you Sir!

This is a great help for people who can't visualize the scales or chords in their head.

That is awesome! I learned to play the guitar 26 years ago by using shapes, patterns and of course my ears.

Martin! This is so helpful it's quite unbelievable!! You're a star, thanks so much. With appreciation and kind regards, Rik.

As an experienced piano player I can say that the concept is not earth shattering. However, putting it in a visual like you have can most definitely help those who are starting out and learning their way around the board. Nice job

I’ve been playing for almost 2 decades, and this just blew my mind. I have never seen such simplicity put into something that is so hard to grasp And think once you get his guides or make your own, you only have to do it once and you have them ready for whenever you want to play forever

I'm a new student at 70 and scales have been the hardest part for me. I've purchased your guides and subscribed to your channel. Thank you so much! I will be sharing this with my mentor.