Major Scales & Arpeggi

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elise
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Major Scales & Arpeggi

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Major scale: TONE TONE semitone TONE TONE TONE semitone

FINGERS
Fingers will usually move in this pattern:
R: 123 tuck 12345, 54321 cross 321
L: 54321 cross 321, 123 tuck 12345

C MAJOR
C Major scale: C D E F G A B C' B A G F E D C
C Major arpeggio: C E G C' G E C
cmajor.png

G MAJOR
G Major scale: G A B C D E F# G' F# E D C B A G
G Major arpeggio: G B D G' D B G
gmajor.png

D MAJOR
D Major scale: D E F# G A B C# D' C# B A G F# E D
D Major arpeggio: D F# A D' A F# D
dmajor.png

F MAJOR
*F Major scale: F G A Bb C D E F' E D C Bb A G F
F Major arpeggio: F A C F A C F
fmajor.png
*Your right hand fingers are slightly different for F Major, left is normal. Right goes up 12341234 down 43214321 so that you can reach the Bb more easily.
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Major Scales

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Major scale: TONE TONE semitone TONE TONE TONE semitone

major c d e f.png
major g a b c.png
major 3.png

C: C D E F G A B C
C#/Db: C# D# E# (F) F# G# A# B# C# / Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db
D: D E F# G A B C# D
D#/Eb: D# E# (F) F## (G) G# A# B# (C) C## (D) D# / Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb
E: E F# G# A B C# D# E
F: F G A Bb C D E F
F#/Gb: F# G# A# B C# D# E# F# / Gb Ab Bb Cb (B) Db Eb F Gb
G: G A B C D E F# G
G#/Ab: G# A# B# C# D# E# F## (G) G# / Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab
A: A B C# D E F# G# A
A#/Bb: A# B# (C) C## (D) D# E# (F) F## (G) G## (A) A# / Bb C D Eb F G A Bb
B: B C# D# E F# G# A# B (Cb: Cb Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb Cb)

Fingering: 1 = thumb | 2 = index | 3 = middle | 4 = ring | 5 = pinkie
LH = Left hand | RH = Right hand
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