Romantic Piano Scales
Nineteenth-century music leans hard on the altered minor scales. Raising the 7th, and sometimes the 6th as well, gives a minor key the pull and the harmonic reach that Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff built their language on. Expect wide leaps of colour rather than the settled sound of natural minor.
24 scales carry this tag, across 2 scale types: harmonic minor, melodic minor. Each one has its notes spelled for that key, a fingering worked out for that key, and a piano you can play it on.
Harmonic Minor Scales
A dramatic minor scale with a raised 7th — common in classical and Middle Eastern music.
C
C – D – Eb – F – G – Ab – B
C#
C# – D# – E – F# – G# – A – B#
D
D – E – F – G – A – Bb – C#
Eb
Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – D
E
E – F# – G – A – B – C – D#
F
F – G – Ab – Bb – C – Db – E
F#
F# – G# – A – B – C# – D – E#
G
G – A – Bb – C – D – Eb – F#
G#
G# – A# – B – C# – D# – E – F##
A
A – B – C – D – E – F – G#
Bb
Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – Gb – A
B
B – C# – D – E – F# – G – A#
Melodic Minor Scales
A smooth minor scale used extensively in jazz improvisation.
C
C – D – Eb – F – G – A – B
C#
C# – D# – E – F# – G# – A# – B#
D
D – E – F – G – A – B – C#
Eb
Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – C – D
E
E – F# – G – A – B – C# – D#
F
F – G – Ab – Bb – C – D – E
F#
F# – G# – A – B – C# – D# – E#
G
G – A – Bb – C – D – E – F#
G#
G# – A# – B – C# – D# – E# – F##
A
A – B – C – D – E – F# – G#
Bb
Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G – A
B
B – C# – D – E – F# – G# – A#
Other tags
The same 120 scales, sorted a different way.
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