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Minor scale on piano
Every natural minor scale on the piano: notes, white and black keys, the fingering for both hands where the scale books give it, played, MIDI to take.
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A B C D E F G
The notes of the A minor scale
A B C D E F G
Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7. Steps from note to note: 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 semitones (whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole).
A minor is natural minor: no sharps or flats, the same notes as C major, its relative major.
The A minor scale on the piano
White keys: A B C D E F G; 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 minor scale in all twelve keys
| Root | Notes | Black keys | Right hand | Left hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ | 3 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| C♯ | C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A B | 4 | – | – |
| D | D E F G A B♭ C | 1 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| E♭ | E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ | 5 | – | – |
| E | E F♯ G A B C D | 1 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| F | F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ | 4 | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| F♯ | F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D E | 3 | – | – |
| G | G A B♭ C D E♭ F | 2 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| G♯ | G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E F♯ | 5 | – | – |
| A | A B C D E F G | 0 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 |
| B♭ | B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ | 5 | – | – |
| B | B C♯ D E F♯ G A | 2 | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 |
Relative minors share their keys
Each minor scale has the same keys as the major scale three half steps up: A minor is C major's white keys, E minor G major's with F♯. Most minor scales use the same fingering as their major, which is why the white-key minors (A, E, D, G, C) all go 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 in the right hand. Exams usually ask for harmonic minor, with the 7th raised; its page is linked below.
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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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