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.

  1. D3
  2. E3
  3. F3
  4. G3
  5. A3
  6. Bb3
  7. C4
  8. D4
  9. C4
  10. Bb3
  11. A3
  12. G3
  13. F3
  14. E3
  15. D3

How to practise it

  1. Fingering going up: 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1
  2. Finger 3 crosses over the thumb after G
  3. 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.

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