Music Theory

This is a collection of interactive sheet music, containing music theory for the piano. You'll be able to click on the sheet music to start playing it right inside the browser.

Major Piano Scales

Every Major scale is comprised from the basic pattern:

whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-whole-half

You could also think of that as:

2-2-1-2-2-2-2-1

Either way, it describes the number of steps to take (upwards) from the current note. This is easiest to understand in the most basic of all, the C Major Scale.

What follows are all major scales on piano (including linked PDFs).

The most commonly used key signatures on the piano are:

However, it is easier to learn the scales by fingering pattern groups. There are 5 major scales that are played in the same way, making them easier to learn together:

These two share the same right hand fingering:

These two then use the left hand pattern you just learned:

And these repeat the new right hand pattern, just learned:

The final 3 major scales are all slightly unique fingering variations:

Minor Piano Scales

Coming soon...