Interactive Piano Reference to All Major & Minor Scales

💫 Here's a visual & interactive chart/reference for all the major and natural minor scales, their notes/pitches, layout on the piano keyboard, chords in the key of, and their relative minor or major. Use the banner at the bottom to jump to the different major or minor scales.

All Major Scales

Below is a chart of major scales, with keys in order of 5ths, as with the circle of fifths. This illustrates that there's just one note difference (at the 7th scale degree) between scales formed from keys that are separated by a fifth. Hit play on any scale to play its pitches up and down:

I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°	I
C	D	E	F	G	A	B	C
G	A	B	C	D	E	F♯	G
D	E	F♯	G	A	B	C♯	D
A	B	C♯	D	E	F♯	G♯	A
E	F♯	G♯	A	B	C♯	D♯	E
B	C♯	D♯	E	F♯	G♯	A♯	B
F♯	G♯	A♯	B	C♯	D♯	E♯	F♯
D♭	E♭	F	G♭	A♭	B♭	C	D♭
A♭	B♭	C	D♭	E♭	F	G	A♭
E♭	F	G	A♭	B♭	C	D	E♭
B♭	C	D	E♭	F	G	A	B♭
F	G	A	B♭	C	D	E	F

Major scales on piano

And now for each of the major scales in more detail on the piano. Tip: click the lock icon to trigger the chords of that scale using keys 1 through 7 on your keyboard.

C Major Scale

notes: C D E F G A B

relative minor: A minor

chords in the key of C major

→ full C major scale piano reference

D Major Scale

notes: D E F^♯ G A B C^♯

relative minor: B minor

D
E
F^♯
G
A
B
C^♯
D

chords in the key of D major

→ full D major scale piano reference

E Major Scale

notes: E F^♯ G^♯ A B C^♯ D^♯

relative minor: C♯ minor

E
F^♯
G^♯
A
B
C^♯
D^♯
E

chords in the key of E major

→ full E major scale piano reference

F Major Scale

notes: F G A B_♭ C D E

relative minor: D minor

F
G
A
B_♭
C
D
E
F

chords in the key of F major

→ full F major scale piano reference

G Major Scale

notes: G A B C D E F^♯

relative minor: E minor

G
A
B
C
D
E
F^♯
G

chords in the key of G major

→ full G major scale piano reference

A Major Scale

notes: A B C^♯ D E F^♯ G^♯

relative minor: F♯ minor

A
B
C^♯
D
E
F^♯
G^♯
A

chords in the key of A major

→ full A major scale piano reference

B Major Scale

notes: B C^♯ D^♯ E F^♯ G^♯ A^♯

relative minor: G♯ minor

B
C^♯
D^♯
E
F^♯
G^♯
A^♯
B

chords in the key of B major

→ full B major scale piano reference

D♭ / C♯ Major Scale

D_♭ Major: D_♭ E_♭ F G_♭ A_♭ B_♭ C

C^♯ Major: C^♯ D^♯ E^♯ F^♯ G^♯ A^♯ B^♯

relative minor: A♯ / B♭ minor

D_♭
E_♭
F
G_♭
A_♭
B_♭
C
D_♭

chords in the key of D_♭ major

→ full D flat major scale piano reference

E♭ / D♯ Major Scale

E_♭ Major: E_♭ F G A_♭ B_♭ C D

D^♯ Major: D^♯ E^♯ F^♯^♯ G^♯ A^♯ B^♯ C^♯^♯

relative minor: C minor

E_♭
F
G
A_♭
B_♭
C
D
E_♭

chords in the key of E_♭ major

→ full E flat major scale piano reference

G♭ / F♯ Major Scale

G_♭ Major: G_♭ A_♭ B_♭ C_♭ D_♭ E_♭ F

F^♯ Major: F^♯ G^♯ A^♯ B C^♯ D^♯ E^♯

relative minor: D♯ / E♭ minor

G_♭
A_♭
B_♭
C_♭
D_♭
E_♭
F
G_♭

chords in the key of G_♭ major

→ full G flat major scale piano reference

A♭ / G♯ Major Scale

A_♭ Major: A_♭ B_♭ C D_♭ E_♭ F G

G^♯ Major: G^♯ A^♯ B^♯ C^♯ D^♯ E^♯ F^♯^♯

relative minor: F minor

A_♭
B_♭
C
D_♭
E_♭
F
G
A_♭

chords in the key of A_♭ major

→ full A flat major scale piano reference

B♭ / A♯ Major Scale

B_♭ Major: B_♭ C D E_♭ F G A

A^♯ Major: A^♯ B^♯ C^♯^♯ D^♯ E^♯ F^♯^♯ G^♯^♯

relative minor: G minor

B_♭
C
D
E_♭
F
G
A
B_♭

chords in the key of B_♭ major

→ full B flat major scale piano reference

Minor Scales

The following represents the natural minor scales, which is the default when we refer to minor scales.

As with the major scales, let's start with a chart of minor scales, with keys in order of 5ths. With minor scales, the note that differs between scales that have their keys separated by a 5th is at the 2nd scale degree. Hit play on any scale to play its pitches up and down:

i	ii°	III	iv	v	VI	VII	i
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	A
E	F♯	G	A	B	C	D	E
B	C♯	D	E	F♯	G	A	B
F♯	G♯	A	B	C♯	D	E	F♯
C♯	D♯	E	F♯	G♯	A	B	C♯
G♯	A♯	B	C♯	D♯	E	F♯	G♯
D♯	E♯	F♯	G♯	A♯	B	C♯	D♯
B♭	C	D♭	E♭	F	G♭	A♭	B♭
F	G	A♭	B♭	C	D♭	E♭	F
C	D	E♭	F	G	A♭	B♭	C
G	A	B♭	C	D	E♭	F	G
D	E	F	G	A	B♭	C	D

Minor scales on piano

And now each of the natural minor scales in more detail on the piano. The full reference for each of the minor scales also includes the harmonic and melodic minors, and you can also reference the harmonic minor scale here and the melodic minor scale here. Again, you can lock the chords and use keys 1-7 on your keyboard to trigger them.

piano samples

The piano samples used for this piano scale reference are from “Salamander Grand Piano V3” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Maj: C D E F G A B D_♭ E_♭ G_♭ A_♭ B_♭

min: C D E F G A B C♯ D♯ F♯ G♯ A♯

All Major Scales

Major scales on piano

C Major Scale

chords in the key of C major

D Major Scale

chords in the key of D major

E Major Scale

chords in the key of E major

F Major Scale

chords in the key of F major

G Major Scale

chords in the key of G major

A Major Scale

chords in the key of A major

B Major Scale

chords in the key of B major

D♭ / C♯ Major Scale

chords in the key of D♭ major

E♭ / D♯ Major Scale

chords in the key of E♭ major

G♭ / F♯ Major Scale

chords in the key of G♭ major

A♭ / G♯ Major Scale

chords in the key of A♭ major

B♭ / A♯ Major Scale

chords in the key of B♭ major

Minor Scales

Minor scales on piano

C Minor Scale

chords in the key of C minor

D Minor Scale

chords in the key of D minor

E Minor Scale

chords in the key of E minor

F Minor Scale

chords in the key of F minor

G Minor Scale

chords in the key of G minor

A Minor Scale

chords in the key of A minor

B Minor Scale

chords in the key of B minor

C♯ / D♭ Minor Scale

chords in the key of C♯ minor

D♯ / E♭ Minor Scale

chords in the key of D♯ minor

F♯ / G♭ Minor Scale

chords in the key of F♯ minor

G♯ / A♭ Minor Scale

chords in the key of G♯ minor

A♯ / B♭ Minor Scale

chords in the key of A♯ minor

piano samples

chords in the key of D_♭ major

chords in the key of E_♭ major

chords in the key of G_♭ major

chords in the key of A_♭ major

chords in the key of B_♭ major

chords in the key of C^♯ minor

chords in the key of D^♯ minor

chords in the key of F^♯ minor

chords in the key of G^♯ minor

chords in the key of A^♯ minor