Piano scale · Pentatonic & blues
F major pentatonic scale on piano
How to play the F major pentatonic scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
Five notes and no half steps, so nothing clashes — the sound of country, pop and classic rock solos.
Its relative minor pentatonic is D minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- FGACD
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handF1G2A3C1D2F3
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.
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