Major Scale!
Sounds Happy!




Major Scale! - Every scale is recognized by the combination of whole steps and half steps among the notes of that particular scale. Major scales also are built in their own unique way. These scales, in general, sound happier compared to the minor scales.

Guide to the 12 Major Scales
Every octave has seven white keys and five black keys, making it a total of 12 different keys. So any type of scale you take, you can actually play it in 12 different keys; same is the case with major scales.

Here I will give you a quick overview of the 12 different Major scales with the appropriate fingering to be used. Remember, thumb is finger number one. RH stands for right hand. LH stands for left hand.

C Major scale - Only white notes! No sharps or flats.
RH 123 1234 123 12345
LH 54321 321 4321 321

G – Only one black key i.e. F sharp
RH 123 1234 123 12345
LH 54321 321 4321 321

D - Two black keys. F sharp and C sharp
RH 123 1234 123 12345
LH 54321 321 4321 321

A - Three black keys. F sharp, C sharp, and G sharp
RH 123 1234 123 12345
LH 54321 321 4321 321

E - Four black keys. F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, and D sharp
RH 123 1234 123 12345
LH 54321 321 4321 321

B - Five black keys. F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, D sharp, and A sharp
RH 123 1234 123 12345
LH 4321 4321 321 4321

Now that covers all the keys having sharps. Next we will move onto the keys having flats.

F Major scale – One black key i.e. B flat
RH 1234 123 1234 1234
LH 54321 321 4321 321

B flat – Two black keys. B flat and E flat
RH 2123 1234 123 1234
LH 321 4321 321 43212

E flat - Three black keys. B flat, E flat, and A flat
RH 2 1234 123 1234 123
LH 321 4321 321 4321 2

A flat - Four black keys. B flat, E flat, A flat, and D flat
RH 23 123 1234 123 123
LH 321 4321 321 4321 2

D flat - Five black keys. B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, and G flat
RH 23 1234 123 1234 12
LH 321 4321 321 4321 2

G flat - Six black keys. B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, G flat, and C flat
RH 234 123 1234 123 12
LH 4321 321 4321 321 2

With this, we have covered all the Major scales. Hope you have enjoyed this learning session. Please browse through the rest of this site for more such lessons on playing the piano.



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