Figure 1 The research process was carried out in several stages, starting with ideas from developing etude, followed by analyzing literature review, such as, degung scale, piano etudes, pianistic techniques [6], music composition techniques [7], such as techniques for developing motifs, periods, phrases, etc. [8], and piano teaching materials that used in university level in Indonesia. It aims to adjust in the piano etudes design stage based on degung scale as teaching materials. The conceptual framework is formed in figure 1. Fig. 1. Conceptual framework of etude piano based on degung scale.