Compendium of Chords, Scales, Pentascales, and other vital shapes for the Piano.
This is a work in progress, and is currently free to access while it is. Here you can find a pictorial guide to the fundamentals of practical piano theory, collated in the form of an Annual Practice Guide. It contains elements of jazz and classical, and represents what I believe to be the fundamental harmonic knowledge needed to sight-read sheet music at a fluent, professional level. It contains all the required material for ABRSM Scales and Arpeggios, and a variety of image based ways to process scale learning.
Each Part contains all 12 Major, 12 Minor, Diminished and Augmented Chords.
It is collected as an interactive Google Sheets file, meaning all hyperlinks are easily and quickly accessible. It is incomplete, I have checked that all completed pages are as accurate as possible, but proof-reading it is a work in progress, there may be small errors until it is finished.
No AI has been used in the creation of this guide.
A Comprehensive Guide to Practical Piano Theory
By Michael Peacock
Part A – Triad Inversions, Basic Extensions, and Pentascales.
Part B – Arpeggios in all Inversions, Diminished 7ths and Augmented Triads
Part C – Major, Minor Harmonic, Chromatic and Whole Tone Scales
Part D – 6 Chord Inversions and 10th Chords
Part E – 7 and △ Chord Inversions and 9th Chords
Part F – Primary Chord Inversion Stacks and Introduction to Compound Extensions and Borrowed Compound Extensions
Part G – Secondary Chord Inversion Stacks and Melodic Minor Scales
Part H – Contrary Motion Scales and 7 (Min7) Chord Arpeggios
Part I – Inversion Stacks using all Chords of a Key Signature and Scales in 3rds
Part J – Inversions using Compound Extensions and △ (Maj7) Chord Arpeggios
Part K – Scales in 6ths and 9th Chord Arpeggios
Park L – Scales in Double Thirds and Double 6ths
You can find the link to the guide below.