D Natural Minor (Left Hand)
The same scale down in the left hand register, D3 to D4.
- Level:
- 4 of 6
- Hands:
- Left hand
- Key:
- D minor
- Notes:
- 15
- Range:
- D3 to D4
- One run:
- about 12 seconds at 80 bpm
The notes, in order
15 notes, one at a time.
- D3
- E3
- F3
- G3
- A3
- Bb3
- C4
- D4
- C4
- Bb3
- A3
- G3
- F3
- E3
- D3
How to practise it
- Fingering going up: 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1
- Finger 3 crosses over the thumb after G
- Play it under a right-hand D minor chord once it is smooth
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.
- A Harmonic Minor (Right Hand) (level 4)
- E Natural Minor (Right Hand) (level 4)
- D Natural Minor (Right Hand) (level 4)
- C Blues Scale (Right Hand) (level 4)
- A Natural Minor (Right Hand) (level 3)
- A Natural Minor (Left Hand) (level 3)