G Major Scale (Right Hand)

Your first scale with a black key (F#). Same fingering as C major.

Level:
3 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
G major
Notes:
15
Range:
G4 to G5
One run:
about 12 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

15 notes, one at a time, with the finger to play each one in brackets.

  1. G4 (1)
  2. A4 (2)
  3. B4 (3)
  4. C5 (1)
  5. D5 (2)
  6. E5 (3)
  7. F#5 (4)
  8. G5 (5)
  9. F#5 (4)
  10. E5 (3)
  11. D5 (2)
  12. C5 (1)
  13. B4 (3)
  14. A4 (2)
  15. G4 (1)

How to practise it

  1. Fingering going up: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5
  2. Tuck the thumb under smoothly, without twisting the wrist
  3. F# is the black key between F and G

The scale behind it

This one is built on the G Major scale: G A B C D E F# (one sharp). 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
  • black keys
  • thumb under

More major scales

Passing the thumb under and the hand over, one key signature at a time.

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