How to Gain Musical Superpowers

Support my channel and receive special perks by joining! Major scales give you superpowers. Music students everywhere are asked to play scales but it’s not always explained why. They don’t need to be a massive focus of your practice sessions but they do have so many benefits, even if you just learn a few. But the more you know, the more they actually start to give you what feels like musical superpowers. I’m not even exaggerating. I truly believe learning major scales is the single project that made the biggest difference to abilities as a musician. ----- The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: ----- 0:00 - Introduction 0:58 - How Learning Even A Few Scales Benefits Everyone 3:00 - Why Learning All Your Scales Isn’t a Huge Project 5:00 - Skillshare: Jacob Collier 6:03 - Superpowers: Sight Reading 7:35 - Transposition 8:11 - Ear Training 8:48 - Music Theory 12:44 - Improvisation 13:39 - Conclusion ----- This video contains emojis that were designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Special thanks to OpenMoji!