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Major scale on piano
Every major scale on the piano with the right- and left-hand fingering, the white and black keys, played at a tap, MIDI and WAV to take.
Mika reads the major scale on piano as 2 2 1 2 2 2 1. Semitones, not feelings.Tap Hear it, or tap any note on the board.
C D E F G A B
The notes of the C major scale
C D E F G A B
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Steps from note to note: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 semitones (whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half).
C major has no sharps or flats. Its relative minor, with the same notes, is A minor.
The C major scale on the piano
White keys: C D E F G A B; no black keys.
Fingering for one octave up: right hand 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5, left hand 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 (1 = thumb). The same fingers come back down.
The major scale in all twelve keys
| Root | Notes | Black keys | Right hand | Left hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | C D E F G A B | 0 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| D♭ | D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C | 5 | 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 |
| D | D E F♯ G A B C♯ | 2 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| E♭ | E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D | 3 | 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 |
| E | E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯ | 4 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| F | F G A B♭ C D E | 1 | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| F♯ | F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯ | 5 | 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 | 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 |
| G | G A B C D E F♯ | 1 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| A♭ | A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G | 4 | 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 |
| A | A B C♯ D E F♯ G♯ | 3 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| B♭ | B♭ C D E♭ F G A | 2 | 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 |
| B | B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ | 5 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 |
Learn them in the order of the sharps
Teachers go round the circle of fifths: C, then G (one sharp), D, A, E, B, each adding one sharp, then F, B♭, E♭, A♭ adding flats. C, G, D, A and E share one fingering (thumb on the 1st and 4th notes in the right hand); B major and F major each change one hand; the black-key scales start on a finger that is not the thumb. The table gives both hands for all twelve.
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How this page works
Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.
Sources
Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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