Piano scale · Major & minor
A♭ natural minor scale on piano
How to play the A♭ natural minor scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
The standard minor scale — sad, serious or dramatic.
Its relative major is C♭ major — same notes, different home note. See all the chords in the key of G♯ minor.
- Notes
- A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭
- Formula
- 12♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- WHWWHWW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handA♭2B♭3C♭1D♭2E♭3F♭1G♭2A♭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♭ natural minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III
C♭
C♭maj7
C♭ E♭ G♭
VI
F♭
F♭maj7
F♭ A♭ C♭
Sounds great over
