Piano scale · Major & minor
C major scale on piano
How to play the C major scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
The do-re-mi scale: bright and resolved. It’s the reference point every other scale is compared to.
Its relative minor is A natural minor — same notes, different home note. See all the chords in the key of C major.
- Notes
- CDEFGAB
- Formula
- 1234567
- Steps
- WWHWWWH
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handC1D2E3F1G2A3B4C5
Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.
Chords in the C major scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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