A Melodic Minor (Right Hand)
Raised sixth and seventh going up, plain natural minor coming down.
- Level:
- 5 of 6
- Hands:
- Right hand
- Key:
- A melodic minor
- Notes:
- 15
- Range:
- A4 to A5
- One run:
- about 12 seconds at 80 bpm
The notes, in order
15 notes, one at a time.
- A4
- B4
- C5
- D5
- E5
- F#5
- G#5
- A5
- G5
- F5
- E5
- D5
- C5
- B4
- A4
How to practise it
- Going up: F# and G#. Coming down: F natural and G natural
- The scale is deliberately different in each direction
- Say the changing notes out loud the first few times
The scale behind it
This one is built on the A Melodic Minor scale: A B C D E F# G# (two sharps). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5, and the scale page has the full diagram if you want to hear the shape on its own first.
How to play it here
Play along on the keys with your mouse, your computer keyboard, a touch screen, or a MIDI keyboard you have plugged in. Every key can show its own name, and the metronome will hold the tempo while you work through the 15 notes.
What it trains
- scale
- minor
- black keys
More minor scales
Natural, harmonic and melodic minor, with the fingering that each shape asks for.
- E Harmonic Minor (Right Hand) (level 5)
- A Harmonic Minor (Right Hand) (level 4)
- E Natural Minor (Right Hand) (level 4)
- D Natural Minor (Right Hand) (level 4)
- D Natural Minor (Left Hand) (level 4)
- C Harmonic Minor (Right Hand) (level 6)