Scales Courses and Certifications

StichMethod Guitar

Blues Guitar Lesson- Improvising Blues Licks Without Scales

Learn to improvise blues licks without scales by focusing on chord tones, intervals, and jazzy flavors. Discover new ways to navigate the fretboard and add color to your playing.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CG Cookie

Fish Scales in Blender - How to Cover Any Object With Scales

Learn to create procedural fish scales on any mesh using Blender's geometry nodes. Master attribute swapping, complex selections, and unlock advanced techniques for realistic scale coverage on various 3D models.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CG Cookie

Sculpting Scales with a Custom Alpha Map

Learn to create realistic reptilian scales in Blender using custom alpha maps and Photoshop. Master sculpting techniques and brush customization for detailed 3D textures.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Yannic Kilcher

Direct Feedback Alignment Scales to Modern Deep Learning Tasks and Architectures

Explores Direct Feedback Alignment as a biologically plausible alternative to backpropagation, demonstrating its effectiveness in training modern deep learning architectures for various challenging tasks.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Pow Music

Turning the 5 Major Scale Patterns into Beautiful Music - How to Sing Through Your Scales

Transform major scale patterns into beautiful melodies. Learn to play classic riffs across CAGED shapes, enhancing lead guitar skills through ear training, scale practice, and musical vocabulary development.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

C Major Scales - Finger Pattern System

Master C Major scales on violin using the finger pattern system with structured exercises from 1-octave to 2-octave variations at different tempos.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

D Major Scales - Finger Pattern System

Master D major scales on violin using the finger pattern system with exercises ranging from 1-2 octaves at various tempos to build technique and muscle memory.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals

583 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Professional musician Julian Velard covers the basics of music theory through the lens of songwriting. Explore intervals, chord progressions, voice leading, song forms, and more.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 2 hours 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

How to Play Piano

346 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Experience hands-on lessons from a master piano instructor as you explore the building blocks of music.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 18 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them - Lecture 7

Explore harmony in Western music: chord formation, progressions, and modulation. Develop listening skills to identify harmonic changes across diverse musical styles.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Swarm Engineering Across Scales

Explore swarm intelligence in nature and AI, from bird flocks to nanoparticles. Learn how collective behaviors emerge and their applications in robotics, communication, and medicine.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Pow Music

How Eric Clapton Mixes Major and Minor Pentatonic-Blues Scales - FretLIVE Lesson and Theory Deep Dive

Explore Eric Clapton's technique of blending major and minor pentatonic/blues scales, enhancing your guitar solos with creative exercises and practical theory insights.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Tipping the Global Scales for Good

Discover how one simple change can create millions of smiles, tackle global issues, and bring more happiness to your life while making a measurable impact on the world's most pressing problems.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Physics at Different Length Scales by R Shankar

Explore physics across scales, from string theory to quantum matter, black holes, and climate, with insights on theoretical developments and real-world applications.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Ocean Sciences - From Molecular to Global Scales and Biological Propulsion - Plenary Lectures

Explore oceanic biogeochemistry and biological propulsion with expert lectures on nutrient cycles, particle flux, and innovative marine engineering applications.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video