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    Interactive Piano Reference to All Major & Minor Scales

    ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŽน Here's a visual & interactive chart 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.

    Major and natural minor scales are known as diatonic scales, as they are 7-note scales (aka heptatonic scales) formed with 5 whole steps and 2 half steps per octave and the half steps are distance by either 2 or 3 whole steps from one another.

    In Western music major and minor scales are the two most popular types of scales. In fact most scales are really derived from the major scale, including the natural minor scale.

    You might also like this music theory cheat sheet.

    All Major Scales

    Major scale formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    Major scale steps: Whole Whole Half Whole Whole Whole Half

    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 viiยฐ 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

    • C
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • A
    • B
    • C

    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 / Cโ™ญ Major Scale

    notes: B C D E F G A

    Cโ™ญ Major: Cโ™ญ Dโ™ญ Eโ™ญ Fโ™ญ Gโ™ญ Aโ™ญ Bโ™ญ

    relative minor: G♯ minor

    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • A
    • B

    chords in the key of B major

    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

    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

    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

    All Natural Minor Scales

    Minor scale formula: 1 2 โ™ญ3 4 5 โ™ญ6 โ™ญ7
    Minor scale steps: Whole Half Whole Whole Half Whole Whole

    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 iiยฐ 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.


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