Piano Music Scales:
Fingers and Notes

Piano music scales often use the same finger pattern. Some however are different and depend on which black notes come up in that particular scale. 

Here you'll find piano scales in the treble and bass clef with their fingering.

Piano Music Scales

Piano Scales Fingering

Most scales have the same fingering.

Right hand:

RH: 1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5

Left hand:

LH: 5,4,3,2,1,3,2,1

Some scales have particular fingering because the placement of the black keys in the scale or key signature.

Remember that for both hands, your thumbs are "1" and your pinkies are "5".

Some of these scales can be called by 2 different names. I will use the easiest name for the scale but also let you know what the other name is.

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    The Piano Music Scales: 


    C Major Scale
    C Major Scale

    G Major Scale
    G major Scale

    D Major Scale
    D Major Scale

    A Major Scale
    A Major Scale

    E Major Scale
    E Major Scale

    B Major Scale - also Cb Major Scale
    B Major Scale

    F Major Scale
    F Major Scale

    Bb Major Scale
    Bb Major Scale

    Eb Major Scale
    Eb Major Scale

    Ab Major Scale
    Ab Major Scale

    Db Major Scale - also C# Major Scale
    Db Major Scale

    Gb Major Scale - also F# Major Scale
    Gb Major Scale


    If you want to play these scales more than one octave this is what you do: in most scales, replace finger 5 with finger 1 and start the pattern over again. Reverse the pattern of the fingering for going back down again.Those are all of the major scales. Happy practising!


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