Morning (Grieg) on the Black Keys

A first tune for adult beginners, played on the black-key groups alone.

Level:
1 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
F# major pentatonic
Notes:
25
Range:
F#4 to D#5
One run:
about 12 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

25 notes, one at a time.

  1. C#5
  2. A#4
  3. G#4
  4. F#4
  5. G#4
  6. A#4
  7. C#5
  8. A#4
  9. G#4
  10. F#4
  11. G#4
  12. A#4
  13. C#5
  14. A#4
  15. C#5
  16. D#5
  17. A#4
  18. D#5
  19. C#5
  20. A#4
  21. G#4
  22. F#4
  23. G#4
  24. A#4
  25. C#5

How to practise it

  1. Fingers 2 and 3 on the two-key group, 2, 3 and 4 on the three-key group
  2. Every note is a black key: feel for the groups instead of looking down
  3. Count in two long beats per bar, three notes to each

The scale behind it

This one is built on the F# Major Pentatonic scale: F# G# A# C# D# (five sharps). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-1-2-3, 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 25 notes.

What it trains

  • adult beginner
  • black keys
  • classical
  • pentatonic
  • first tune

More adult beginner course

Piano for adult beginners, in the order the method books teach it: black keys and finger numbers, Middle C, pentascales, primary chords, then real pieces with both hands.

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