Piano scale · Major & minor
D major scale on piano
How to play the D 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 B natural minor — same notes, different home note. See all the chords in the key of D major.
- Notes
- DEF♯GABC♯
- Formula
- 1234567
- Steps
- WWHWWWH
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handD1E2F♯3G1A2B3C♯4D5
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 D major scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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