Musical 5 Minute Scales Warm Ups

Kick-start your practice sessions with musical 5 minute scales warm ups that build technique and creativity at the same time ????

In this tutorial, Cameron Ward shares a fresh, musical approach to piano scales practice that goes far beyond mechanical repetition. These short but powerful scales exercise ideas are designed to wake up your ears, hands, and imagination making scale work something you’ll actually look forward to.

You’ll learn how to practice all major scales piano using:

- 3-note, 5-note fragments and whole 8-note scale
- Hands separately and hands together
- Call-and-response patterns
- Simple harmony and creative textures.

This approach turns traditional piano scales exercises into real musical practice, helping you develop coordination, fluency, and freedom at the piano. It’s an ideal warm-up for anyone interested in creative piano, piano improvisation, and smarter practice techniques for piano.

If you’ve ever wondered how to practice piano scales without boredom, these piano exercises show how scale work can naturally lead into improvisation and expressive playing, all in just five minutes.

???? Perfect for daily warm-ups
???? Great for beginners and advanced players alike
???? A fun, musical way to combine scales and creativity.

Start your practice the musical way and transform your scales into music ????

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VIDEO BREAKDOWN:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 3 note fragments
07:06 5 note fragments
10:45 Whole 8 note scale
13:56 3 notes with moving bass
16:27 5 notes with moving bass
17:23 8 notes with moving bass
18:26 5 notes with same bass
22:09 Free left and right hand movement
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Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by Charlie Coe.


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