C Harmonic Minor (Right Hand)

Eb and Ab with a raised B natural: three hand shapes in one scale.

Level:
6 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
C harmonic minor
Notes:
15
Range:
C4 to C5
One run:
about 12 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

15 notes, one at a time.

  1. C4
  2. D4
  3. Eb4
  4. F4
  5. G4
  6. Ab4
  7. B4
  8. C5
  9. B4
  10. Ab4
  11. G4
  12. F4
  13. Eb4
  14. D4
  15. C4

How to practise it

  1. Fingering going up: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5
  2. Eb and Ab are black, B stays natural
  3. The Ab to B step is the widest move in the scale

The scale behind it

This one is built on the C Harmonic Minor scale: C D Eb F G Ab B (two flats). 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.

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