Why Scales Need Sharps and Flats (Notes on Music Theory, #1)

Be more at ease with a better understanding of the scales.

Imagine you're with your group at a practice session when someone suggests playing the piece in a different key. Your mind goes blank as you try to remember how many sharps or flats are in that new key. You really don't want to play the wrong notes. That would be so embarrassing.

The problem is that you were never properly taught the different keys and scales. You picked them up as you went along. At best, your teacher may have trie...