Piano scale · Major & minor
A♭ melodic minor scale on piano
How to play the A♭ melodic minor scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handA♭2B♭3C♭1D♭2E♭3F1G2A♭3
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 A♭ melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III+
C♭aug
C♭maj7♯5
C♭ E♭ G
Sounds great over
