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 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.

The Piano Music Scales:

C Major Scale

G Major Scale

D Major Scale

A Major Scale

E Major Scale

B Major Scale - also Cb Major Scale

F Major Scale

Bb Major Scale

Eb Major Scale

Ab Major Scale

Db Major Scale - also C# Major Scale

Gb Major Scale - also F# 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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