D Natural Minor (Right Hand)
One flat (Bb). The relative minor of F major.
- Level:
- 4 of 6
- Hands:
- Right hand
- Key:
- D minor
- Notes:
- 15
- Range:
- D4 to D5
- One run:
- about 12 seconds at 80 bpm
The notes, in order
15 notes, one at a time.
- D4
- E4
- F4
- G4
- A4
- Bb4
- C5
- D5
- C5
- Bb4
- A4
- G4
- F4
- E4
- D4
How to practise it
- Fingering going up: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5
- Bb sits under finger 3 on the way up
- A very common key in folk and film music
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 (Left Hand) (level 4)
- C Blues Scale (Right Hand) (level 4)
- A Natural Minor (Right Hand) (level 3)
- A Natural Minor (Left Hand) (level 3)