Major and minor scales piano pdf

Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales. Natural minor scale a scale that contains halfsteps between 23 and 56 scale degrees the natural form. If you hear someone mention that a piano sonata by the composer and pianist franz schubert is played in a major, it means that it depends on the a scale. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. Bellingham music teachers association scale and arpeggio fingering chart for piano major and minor scales and arpeggios two octaves chromatic scale. Major, and f minor share no common pattern when played h. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. The circle of fifths is a very useful diagram which shows us what keys. Music theory fundamentals 40 right hand fingerings above, left hand fingerings below. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7 th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6 th and 7 th scale degree ascending, revert to.

Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. Free printable pdf downloads with notes and fingerings for scales in every key. This scale can sometimes confuse people because it is in a way identical to the major scale. All scales are made with a specific pattern of whole steps tones and half steps semitones. The best way to practice all major scales is by using the circle of fifths. Major and natural minor scales for piano with fingerings. From each key on the piano you can start either a major or a minor scale. All 12 major scales share the same pattern of whole and half steps between the notes. Download our piano scale finger charts for the major scale, harmonic minor scale and more.

The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. Scales, arpeggios and cadences, two octaves margaret denton, piano. The most common scales when playing the piano, are major and minor scales.